COVID-19.Staff including in-home workers, support workers, students and volunteers must be vaccinated by Nov. 15, unless they have a medical exemption.
Those who cannot show proof of vaccination by then will not be allowed to enter a home to work.“We know that long-term care residents have been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19.
As new variants continue to spread, we are seeing a growing numbers of outbreaks in long-term care homes where teh risk to those most vulnerable remains high,” said Minister of Long-Term Care Rod Phillips.The province had previously required all staff must either be vaccinated or undergo regular testing, as well as taking educational courses on the benefits of getting the vaccine.Ontario long-term care homes.