COVID-19 vaccine rollout to prioritize long-term care residents would prevent a projected 115 deaths and hundreds more cases, a new report says.The brief published Thursday from experts advising the government on COVID-19 predicts that administering a first dose to all long-term care residents by Jan.
31 would save lives. Ontario long-term care residents describe devastating impact of isolation during COVID-19 pandemic It says the January date would prevent 600 cases compared with the government’s current plan to vaccinate all long-term care residents by Feb.
15.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]The Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table made the forecasts by modelling best and worst outcomes from.