COVID-19 pandemic.Their reflections came hours after an independent commission released a scathing report on Ontario’s pandemic response in long-term care homes, where the bulk of virus-related deaths took place during the pandemic’s first wave.The blistering, 322-page document called for an overhaul of the sector, saying the province was ill-prepared to face COVID-19 despite lessons it should have learned from the SARS epidemic.
Ontario long-term care commission says nursing homes were neglected, sector needs reform Nearly 4,000 long-term care residents and 11 staff have died of COVID-19 since the pandemic hit.Dr.