Ontario is reporting 3,422 cases of #COVID19 and nearly 60,200 tests completed. Locally, there are 1,035 new cases in Toronto, 585 in Peel, 254 in Windsor-Essex County, 246 in York Region and 186 in Niagara.
— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) January 17, 2021
Uptake for the COVID-19 vaccine has been high among Toronto’s long-term-care home residents. For staff, not so much
They’re on the front-line of the COVID-19 pandemic, among the most at risk, and one of the first priorities for the rollout of the vaccine.
But vaccine uptake among employees of city-run long-term-care homes in Toronto has been spotty, and a lack of hard numbers in other regions is making it difficult to know exactly how many are on their way to being protected.
On Friday, the city announced a milestone, that vaccines have been administered at all long-term-care homes, ahead of next week’s goal. But according to Toronto Public Health, less than half, or 43 per cent, of the roughly 3,000 workers in city-owned homes have received the first dose of the vaccine or given consent to be vaccinated at an upcoming clinic. That’s compared to 91 per cent of residents within the city homes who opted to get the voluntary jab.
Mom is being transferred to a physio rehab today. It reached the point where I told the planner last week I would consider taking her home rather than have her imprisoned at the hospital. It was doing her more harm than good as conditions at the hospital were far from ideal. Broken hearing aids, stressed staff resulting in occasionally hostile nurses, it looked all too much like one of Ontario’s alleged care homes. I refuse to send Sainted Irish Mudda to one of those charnel houses.
