The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Over the weekend, Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced that Ontario will pay “a pandemic premium” of $4 an hour to continuing care assistants (CCAs), licensed practical nurses (LPNs), as well as dietary and cleaning staff who work in long-term care homes, group homes, home-care, and […]
Daily COVID-19 update: Northwood outlines its plan
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Forty-six new cases of COVID-19 were identified yesterday, the highest number since the pandemic arrived in mid-March. Thirty-six of the 46 cases are at Northwood’s Long-Term Care facility in Halifax. Nova Scotia now has a total of 721 confirmed cases. Twelve people are currently in […]
Nursing home workers are moving between multiple facilities. That’s a big problem.
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. There are now 98 confirmed cases of COVID-19 among residents and employees at eight long-term care homes in Nova Scotia. At least two of the four deaths to date were former residents of nursing homes. The largest case clusters are at The Admiral in Dartmouth […]
Daily COVID-19 update: Is the disease spreading in nursing homes because they don’t pay workers enough?
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. A Cape Breton woman in her 80s died from COVID-19 today; she is the fourth person in Nova Scotia to die from the disease. She had underlying health issues. And yesterday, 27 more people tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total to 606. Eleven people […]
Nova Scotia’s nursing homes now experiencing COVID-19 outbreaks
Dozens of staff and residents in at least seven long-term care facilities have tested positive for the disease.
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. As of the Easter weekend*, 16 residents and 10 employees at the Northwood long-term-care complex in Halifax tested positive for COVID-19. The nursing home’s website says all 26 — plus four more staff who provide homecare services — have exhibited mild to moderate symptoms. Medical […]
Daily COVID-19 update: Who should wear N-95 masks, and who shouldn’t
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. There are 14 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Nova Scotia announced today, bringing the total to 207. Five people are in hospital, but 21 have fully recovered. See the Examiner’s charts tracking the progress of the disease, and the response to it, here. Dr. […]