Author of the article: Kathleen Saylors • Woodstock Sentinel-Review
Publishing date: Jan 06, 2021 • January 6, 2021 • 4 minute read • Veronica Thurston speaks to her grandmother Elizabeth Wall on the telephone while they look at each other through a window at Maple Manor Long Term Care in Tillsonburg, Ont. on Tuesday January 5, 2021. Wall is one of the 55 residents that has contracted COVID-19 during an outbreak at the home. Derek Ruttan/The London Free Press/Postmedia Network
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The grim numbers 90 people infected and four dead at one home alone tell the story.
But so does tone, and the top public health doctor for one Southwestern Ontario region struck a weary note Tuesday amid yet another deadly COVID-19 flare-up in long-term care, this one in Tillsonburg, and one of many across the region and the province.
TILLSOBURG, ONT. A major COVID-19 outbreak at a Tillsonburg nursing home has public health officials sound the alarm. There are now 90 confirmed cases of the virus at Maple Manor, including 55 residents and 35 staff. Four residents at the home have died. The facility houses just over 90 residents. Veronica Thurston, 21, could be seen staring through a window and waving at her grandmother from outside the residence Tuesday. It’s the only way she can see her right now. “It’s totally different,” she said as she tried to compose herself. “My grandma actually tested positive for COVID. Sorry, this is my first time coming to see her since.but it’s nice that we can still see her through the window. I love that.”