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long-term and personal care homes in Saskatchewan are being relaxed when the province enters Step One of its reopening plan from the COVID-19 pandemic.The province said all residents at those facilities will be allowed unlimited indoor visitors, but only two at a time, as of May 30.Up to four family members or support people will be allowed to visit outdoors.

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Alberta easing more COVID-19 restrictions in continuing care centres

Dr. Deena Hinshaw announces the easing of restrictions at continuing care centres in Alberta, using a vaccination-based approach.

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AHS CEO says health-care system under ‘significant stress’ due to COVID-19

Dr. Verna Yiu, president and CEO of Alberta Health Services explains why the health-care system is under significant stress due to COVID-19.

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Ontario to shorten COVID-19 vaccine dose interval starting with health-care workers

When asked about the time frame for administering second COVID-19 vaccine doses to Ontarians, associate chief medical officer of health Dr. Barbara Yaffe said Monday the province will eventually see shorter intervals between mRNA vaccine doses, particularly for frontline health-care workers and for people in certain high-risk groups.

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J&K: 20,000 COVID care centre beds set up for patients with no or mild symptoms

Jammu and Kashmir, altogether 20,000 COVID care centre (CCC) beds are being activated across the state. This beds are meant for admitting COVID patients with no or mild symptoms but cannot do home isolation.

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Families want visitor rules relaxed in highly vaccinated Ontario long-term care homes

COVID-19.Hladkowicz said her father, who has advanced dementia, will point to the courtyard and ask to come outside when she and her daughter drop by on sunny days.“We have a 15, 20 minute visit, just basically telling him why we can’t do that,” she said. “It’s cruel.” Doug Ford defends Ontario LTC minister after scathing commission report Families and advocates are calling on the Ontario government to loosen the rules around visits to long-term care residents now that most are fully vaccinated against the virus that killed thousands in nursing homes earlier in the pandemic.As of Friday, the province reported 96 per cent of long-term residents were fully vaccinated against the virus and 87 per cent of staff had received one dose.

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SHA loosening restrictions for continuing care family presence, visitation in Regina

Saskatchewan Health Authority is making changes to its family presence, visitation regulations in Regina’s continuing care units and long-term care homes.As of May 17, Regina’s continuing care units and long-term care homes that meet eligibility will move from Level 3 to Compassionate Care and Level 90.SHA said the changes come thanks to a significant decrease in COVID-19 cases in Regina which it credits to “vaccine efficacy, strong outbreak management practices, screening procedures, and infection prevention and control protocols.” COVID-19: Regina and area care homes now allow limited outdoor visits Compassionate Care is defined as such:Level 90 is defined as: COVID-19: Saskatchewan easing visitor restrictions at long-term care homes

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Honouring a health-care hero as Manitoba marks 1,000 COVID-19 deaths

COVID-19.Monique Buote, 55, died on Nov. 3, 2020, while Perry Buote, 57, succumbed to the virus on Nov.

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Health-care experts speak out following claims from families of Maimonides residents

COVID-19 pandemic hit, that just made things worse.“Because of the pandemic, the entire system was totally disorganized, more in some CHSLDs than in others,” Béland said.Some residents at Maimonides Geriatrics Centre in Côte Saint-Luc and their families say problems became more glaring, and claim that even now, alleged neglect is costing lives.

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Manitoba Families Minister to make announcement on child-care support

Manitoba to move all K-12 schools in Winnipeg, Brandon to remote learning Wednesday Rochelle Squires has scheduled a press conference for 3 p.m. Global News will stream the event live in this story.The announcement comes as the government moved all kindergarten through Grade 12 schools in Brandon and Winnipeg to remote learning Wednesday.

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Long-term care residents also died from non-COVID causes, new military documents reveal

New documents suggest residents of long-term care homes were dying of causes other than COVID-19 during outbreaks last year. As Caryn Lieberman reports, the military is pointing to deaths resulting from dehydration and malnourishment, as well as from COVID-19.

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Quebec long-term care residents have received second dose of COVID-19 vaccine

Quebec has reached an important milestone in the fight against COVID-19 now that all residents in the province’s long-term care facilities have received their second dose.

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Ontario high-risk health-care workers eligible for 2nd COVID-19 vaccine dose at shortened interval

COVID-19 vaccine earlier than the expected fourth-month interval, the Ford government announced Monday.Booking will begin for those eligible by the end of this week.The province said the move is due to an increase in supply. Those included in the eligibility group includes high-risk health-care workers, dialysis patients and all First Nations, Inuit and Metis individuals.

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COVID-19 restrictions eased at Alberta’s long-term care facilities

Alberta is easing COVID-19 restrictions at long-term and other continuing care congregate living settings starting on Monday, May 10. Bindu Suri has details.

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Plan for national long-term care standards coming “very soon:” Leblanc

Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic Leblanc says several provinces will be ready to announce joint efforts with Ottawa for national standards in long-term care “very soon.” In a wide-ranging interview with Abigail Bimman, Leblanc also addresses the COVID-19 crisis in Alberta, and the testimony of the Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff around the military misconduct controversy.

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Establishing national standards for long-term care homes a ‘huge priority’: LeBlanc

long-term care homes across the country remains a “huge priority,” for the federal government, Canada’s Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs says.In an interview with The West Block’s Abigail Bimman, Dominic LeBlanc said an independent group of experts — the National Standards Council — is currently preparing a list of best practices, standards and benchmarks.“Those standards are being worked on,” he said. “And we have a number of provinces that are telling us they’re more than happy to collaborate with us and to see federal investments go to improve those standards in their provinces.” ‘Too slow, too late’: Ford gov.

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'Convert fever clinic into Covid clinic': Kerala issues guidelines to improve patient care amid surge

Kerala government decided to form ward-level committees in each panchayat to ensure proper Covid-19 treatment activities. The southern state is facing more challenges in the second wave of the Covid-19 as the pathogen strain has become more virulent and is spreading fast, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Saturday.Kerala recorded 41,971 fresh cases on Saturday, pushing the caseload to 18,66,827 in the state.

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COVID-19: New Brunswick reports 1 more death at special care home

N.B. reports 3rd COVID-19 death this week at Grand Falls special care home The province also reported 11 new cases of the virus, but it includes 10 travel-related cases of New Brunswick workers who are isolating outside of the province.Seven of the new cases involve people from the Bathurst region and includes a person in their 20s, a person in their 30s, three people in their 40s, and two people in their 50s.

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Groups urge Ontario government to give health-care workers 2nd COVID-19 vaccine dose

COVID-19 as they work with patients hospitalized with the virus.The Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario, Canadian Union of Public Employees, and Service Employees International Union say they have asked the province to accelerate second doses for the workers but have received no commitment.

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HCL extends support for Covid care facilities in Delhi-NCR

New Delhi: HCL Group on Thursday said it is extending support for COVID-19 care facilities in Delhi-NCR, including facilitating setting up of hospital beds, as part of its efforts to support relief efforts.HCL's support includes assistance in the form of more than 500 hospital beds at various facilities such as the Commonwealth Games Village (CWG), Holy Family Hospital, Sama Hospital and Lok Nayak Hospital in New Delhi; and Government Institute of Medical Sciences, Greater Noida Authority, a statement said.At the Commonwealth Games Village, HCL - in partnership with Delhi government and Doctors for You - has supported the import and installation of an oxygen plant for the facility, it added.The facility, which was shut in December 2020

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COVID-19: Regina and area care homes now allow limited outdoor visits

long-term care homes in Regina and area remains restricted at Level 3 due to COVID-19, the Saskatchewan Health Authority announced Wednesday that limited outdoor visits would be allowed. Saskatchewan easing visitor restrictions at long-term care homes Under Level 3 family presence, only two family or support people can be present at the same time for end-of-life care in long-term care homes.

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COVID-19: Ontario long-term care homes easing restrictions

A small glimmer of hope from the province Tuesday that regular life might not be too far off in long-term care homes. Katherine Ward has more on the calls from family members about where they hope the government takes action going forward.

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Canada sending medical supplies to India as COVID-19 overwhelms country’s health care

India’s COVID-19 response as the country faces a devastating second wave that has overwhelmed its health-care system.The federal government will send up to 350 much-needed ventilators from its national emergency stockpile and up to 25,000 vials of antiviral remdesivir to help, Global Affairs Canada (GAC) said in a release on Wednesday.Remdesivir, which is also known as Veklury, is a medication used to help treat patients with severe symptoms of COVID-19. According to GAC, 25,000 vials of remdesivir can be used for at least 4,000 courses of treatment.

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Doctors in Manitoba write open letter, warn of overloaded health-care system

COVID-19 public health orders to prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed.“Our health system cannot manage the potential volume of what is coming our way if we do not do everything possible to limit the spread of this virus,” reads the letter signed by the provincial medical leads of 16 specialties, including primary care, surgery and cardiac sciences. Death of Manitoba man in his 40s linked to COVID-19 variant, 291 new cases reported “Manitoba case numbers are rising far too quickly.

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COVID-19: 72 cases in London-Middlesex; 4 new outbreaks in long-term care homes

Another 72 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in London-Middlesex, local health officials reported on Tuesday, 25 more than the day before.This comes a day after the region reported 47 cases, the lowest in the region since March 29, which health officials said was likely due to an outage and that the real case count was actually more.The region’s pandemic case total is now 10,695, of which 9,612 have resolved, an increase of 104 from Monday.At least 202 local deaths have been reported to date, two since the month began.The most recent death, reported May 3, involved a man in his 80s who was not associated with a long-term care or retirement home, the health unit said.Officials reported one death on Sunday involving a man in his 60s.At

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COVID-19: 2nd team of Newfoundland and Labrador health-care workers en route to Ontario

Ontario reports 2,791 new COVID-19 cases, lowest increase since beginning of April Ontario health authorities reported 2,791 new cases of COVID-19 Tuesday and 25 new deaths from the disease. In late April, daily case numbers regularly soared beyond 4,000 and health officials began transferring patients out of hospital beds and into long-term care beds in order to make space for COVID-19 cases.

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Long-term care minister says Ontario is taking action to address problems highlighted in report

COVID-19 pandemic.Merrilee Fullerton said the deaths of residents and staff in long-term care homes must not be in vain at a press conference on Monday. However, Fullerton largely blamed the issues plaguing the homes on previous provincial governments.

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Fullerton says lessons from SARS were ‘forgotten’ in response to long-term care report

Ontario’s Long-Term Care Minister Merrilee Fullerton on Monday addressed the damning final report from the Ontario Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission, stating that the report “makes it clear that many of the lessons learned from SARS were forgotten.”

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Ontario’s long-term care minister addresses damning report, says she takes responsibility

Ontario’s Long-Term Care Minister Merrilee Fullerton said Monday that she takes “responsibility” for the well-being of residents and staff in long-term care as the facilities were ravaged by COVID-19 during the first wave of the pandemic.

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‘We have to move forward’: Merrilee Fullerton responds to Long-term care report

Ontario’s Long-Term Care Minister Merrilee Fullerton responded on Monday to the Ontario Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission’s damning final report on the situation in the province’s nursing homes, stating that the commission’s recommendations were “insightful” and that the government “has to move forward” in addressing the issues in long-term care.

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’Too slow, too late’: Ford gov. received months of warnings about long-term care before second wave

When Dr. Kate Greenaway entered Tendercare nursing home amid a COVID-19 outbreak in December she was stunned.“We’ve been in a pandemic for quite a number of months, at that point, it was pretty shocking to me that it was possible to seem so unprepared for an outbreak,” she said.A family physician, she had answered an urgent call on social media that the home was in dire need of help.

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900+ COVID-19 patients in Ontario ICUs as more young people need critical care

Ontario is coping with an rising number of COVID-19 patients in the province’s intensive care units, with more than 900 people requiring critical care. As Mike Le Couteur reports, more young people are needing critical care than ever before.

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Report calls for sweeping reforms to Ontario long-term care homes

A final report from Ontario’s Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission has been released, including a detailed account of how the conditions before the pandemic made the facilities vulnerable. Katherine Ward reports on the findings and the recommendations the commission is putting forward.

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Ontario long-term care report shows lessons from COVID-19 pandemic can’t be forgotten: experts

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.

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What happened inside an Ontario long-term care home where 81 residents died?

Tendercare Living Centre experienced the deadliest COVID-19 outbreak in Ontario. The home had an outbreak plan in writing for months, but when the virus hit, that plan wasn’t used.

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AHS document details how Alberta health-care workers will prioritize patients amid an ICU surge

An Alberta Health Services critical care triage document details how to approach life-or-death decisions if COVID-19 patients overwhelm the system.

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Nova Scotia health-care workers steel themselves for influx of COVID-19 patients

By the numbers, this is the worst the pandemic has ever been in Nova Scotia and there’s little question health-care workers are feeling the strain.

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COVID-19: Ontario long-term care commission to deliver final report to province Friday

COVID-19 Commission is to submit its final report to the provincial government today.The commission has examined what went wrong in the province’s response to the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Ontario LTC minister says she didn’t go public with COVID-19 concerns because she’s no expert As of Thursday, 3,768 long-term care residents have died of COVID-19 in Ontario.The commission interviewed a range of people and groups, from Long-Term Care Minister Merrilee Fullerton to doctors and personal support workers to family members of residents who were ill.

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ITC to support setting up of 200-bed covid care facility in Kolkata

NEW DELHI : ITC Ltd, on Friday, said it is extending support, including the arrangement of beds, monitors, oxygen, furniture, and initial medical supplies towards setting up a 200- to 300-bed medical facility in Kolkata city managed by Medica Superspecialty hospital that will treat covid-19 patients."To contribute to enhancing availability of covid healthcare facilities in Kolkata, ITC is humbled by the opportunity to support the setting up of a 200- to 300-bed medical facility in Kolkata by Medica Superspecialty hospital for the treatment of covid-19 positive patients and administering vaccines," the company said in a statement.The government of West Bengal has permitted the use of Kishore Bharati Stadium in Kolkata to set up this medical

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B.C. aims to immunize all first responders, teachers and child-care workers by mid-May

COVID-19 by mid-May.Those three groups are at the top of the list in B.C.’s priority front-line vaccine program, and began being immunized in late March.The rollout of the plan was slowed when concerns emerged about rare blood clots associated with the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, which was being used for the program.Since then, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said the plan has moved forward using the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, with about 15 per cent of existing supplies going to front-line workers.With a large shipment of Pfizer vaccine expected next week, Henry said the process should speed up.

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Partner highlights: Saving lives–helping refugees access health care in Uganda during the COVID-19 lockdown

The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the world like no other crisis in recent history. With funds from Member States and other organizations as well as hundreds of thousands of individuals, who have contributed through the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund, WHO is tackling the pandemic on nine dedicated fronts. But we’re not alone. In this series, we explore how our longstanding partner, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is contributing to the fight against the disease.

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Ontario ‘completely ignored and bulldozed’ problems in long-term care: former inspector

COVID-19 scythed through Ontario’s long-term care homes, a former provincial inspector said it was horrifying and infuriating to watch unfold.“It’s been absolutely devastating because you knew that these problems were inherent and the homes were not prepared,” said a former long-term care inspector, whose identity Global News is protecting as the person still works in the sector.Problems like overcrowding, resident neglect, and lack of infection prevention and control, all helped the novel coronavirus spread rapidly through Ontario nursing homes, leaving more than 3,700 people dead.But they’re also issues that for years had been flagged in provincial inspection records in many of Ontario’s worst-hit homes, often with no changes or

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Chipotle giving away 250,000 free burritos to US health care workers

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. - Chipotle Mexican Grill is looking to thank health care workers across the United States who have endured tough times during the COVID-19 pandemic by offering free burritos.The chain is giving away 250,000 burritos and inviting customers to thank medical workers in their community with a virtual "Wall of Gratitude" online."This one’s on us," Chipotle wrote on Instagram. " We’re giving out 250,000 free burritos to healthcare heroes.

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Ontario long-term care minister says what happened during COVID-19 was ‘decades in the making’

Ontario Minister of Long-Term Care Dr. Merrilee Fullerton said Wednesday that what happened in long-term care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic was “decades in the making” due to what she claimed was “years of neglect” and under-funding.

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Ontario Liberals respond to AG report, say long-term care minister took ‘no accountability’ throughout COVID-19 pandemic

Ontario Liberal Leader John Fraser responded Wednesday to the auditor general’s report on the province’s COVID-19 response in long-term care homes, saying he believed there was accountability “to go around” but that it was evident the long-term care minister, Dr.

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Ontario AG says decisions by government, officials ‘complicated’ long-term care homes ability to respond to COVID-19

Ontario auditor general Bonnie Lysyk said Wednesday that from her perspective, there were decisions made by government and other officials that “complicated” long-term care homes’ ability to deal with their residents, including the transferring of patients into homes causing overcrowding that created isolation issues.

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Ontario AG says COVID-19 revealed a ‘history of issues not being addressed in timely way’ in province’s long-term care sector

Ontario auditor general Bonnie Lysyk spoke about her latest report on long-term care homes on Wednesday, saying “what we have here is a history of issues not being addressed in a timely way,” including that the long-term care sector and province did not learn from the lessons of SARS.

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Ontario’s auditor general to release special report on COVID-19 long-term care readiness, response

Ontario’s auditor general is set to table a second special report at Queen’s Park on Wednesday that further probes the provincial government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.Bonnie Lysyk’s report, which her office previously said was set to focus on the management of COVID-19 spending, personal protective equipment and issues in long-term care, will be presented to the legislature Wednesday morning.In late November, Lysyk released the findings of her first major examination of the government’s handling of the pandemic.

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