Ontario loosens LTC restrictions to allow for indoor events, gatherings
by The Canadian Press, Lucas Casaletto
Posted May 4, 2021 3:58 pm EDT
Last Updated May 4, 2021 at 5:13 pm EDT
John Welbers waves to his mother Elizabeth Jeppesen, 94, who tested positive for COVID-19, as she blows him a kiss from the window of her room at Tabor Home, a long-term care facility in Abbotsford, B.C., on Wednesday, November 18, 2020. Fraser Health declared an outbreak at the facility after more than 100 residents and staff tested positive for COVID-19. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
TORONTO – Ontario says it is loosening pandemic restrictions placed on long-term care homes as vaccination rates rise.
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“I will always try to do what’s right,” Ford said. “If we get something wrong, we’ll fix it.”
The government had announced the new restrictions amid soaring COVID-19 cases and an alarming rise in people in hospital and intensive care. Critics were especially incensed at the government handing police the power to stop people at random to ask why they were out during the province’s current stay-at-home order.
Ford said the measures had been brought in too fast as the government sought to act in the face of dire COVID-19 projections.
“We moved too quick; if I make a mistake, I correct it immediately,” Ford said. “I’m sorry and I apologize to each and everyone of you.”
Mumbai Coronavirus Update
The situation in Mumbai improved a bit with a drop in new infections from 7,654 on Wednesday to 7,367 on Thursday, taking the city s Covid tally to 609,080 till date, 18 days after it reported the highest daily spike of 11,206 cases on April 4.
Mumbai s fatalities continued to increase from 62 on Wednesday to 75 on Thursday, taking its overall death toll to 12,583, the highest for a single city in the country.
On a brighter note, a total of 62,298 fully cured persons returned home on Thursday, taking the total number recoveries to 33,30,737, with the recovery improving slightly from 81.15 per cent on Wednesday to 81.34 per cent now.