The union representing staff at Access Independent Living Services in Toronto says a personal support worker (PSW) has died after testing positive for coronavirus, calling his case a “preventable workplace exposure to COVID-19.” “This member worked for more than 30 years providing care for those in need.
He’ll be truly be missed,” Jerry Dias, president of Unifor, said in a statement Thursday evening while extending his condolences.
The union identified the PSW as 61-year-old Leonard Rodriguez. The statement said Rodriguez was sent home on April 6 due to “a possible COVID-19 exposure” and told to self-isolate by Toronto Public Health. “He began a 14-day self-isolation and only learned he had tested positive after the isolation period with