TORONTO --
A team of nine healthcare workers from Newfoundland and Labrador have arrived in Toronto to help treat COVID-19 patients in some of the city’s hardest hit hospitals.
The group, which includes the wife of Newfoundland Premier Andrew Furey, touched down at Pearson International Airport in a Canadian Forces Hercules aircraft early Tuesday afternoon.
They are the first reinforcements to arrive in Ontario since the province issued a call for more than 600 healthcare professionals nearly two weeks ago.
The Canadian Armed Forces also plans to deploy nine ICU nurses and up to three multipurpose medical assistance teams in the province, though it is unclear when they will arrive.