With the number of outbreaks in B.C.’s long-term care homes more than doubling from the first wave of COVID-19 in the spring, BC Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie says it’s time we started using rapid tests on all LTC staff members. Kylie Stanton reports.
- COVID-19 outbreaks declared at care homes in Surrey, Port Coquitlam and Qualicum Beach
- B.C. seniors’ group calls for equal access to COVID-19 vaccine for those in independent living
- 5 residents of Abbotsford B.C. care home die in just one day from COVID-19