September 22nd, 2020

FACT CHECK: Doug Ford says Ontario is “doing everything we possibly can with the infectious control procedures” but experts disagree

QUEEN’S PARK — Tuesday in the legislature, Doug Ford claimed: “both ministers here have been working around the clock doing everything we possibly can with the infectious control procedures. They’re in place.”

Here’s what long-term care operators and long-term care resident family councils wrote in a letter to the premier Monday:

“We are not yet ready for a second wave of COVID-19. … Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) needs to be strengthened in long-term care. Each home needs to be supported and funded to have an IPAC consultant on staff and to lead the home’s response, including ongoing training and compliance for PPE and IPAC protocols.”

Letter to Premier Doug Ford from the Ontario Long Term Care Clinicians, AdvantAge Ontario, CanAge, Family Councils Ontario and Ontario Association of Residents' Councils