April 9, 2021 - Toronto Star
Better, but not enough’: A change to the definition of an outbreak in long-term-care homes spurs calls to loosen restrictions
Nathan Stall, Associate Fellow at the NIA, said the change is “appropriate”; even in the face of a surging third wave, long-term-care homes are seeing single-digit COVID-19 cases.
“This will help residents in terms of reducing some of those unnecessary or extremely stringent isolation precautions ... but there’s still a lot more we need to do, given the remarkable success of vaccines in long-term-care settings,” he said.