retirement home with her 88-year-old husband said she feels “isolated and worried” as residents continue to await their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.Coronavirus immunizations were originally slated to begin for Granite Ridge residents on Jan.
20, but they were cancelled that morning, according Donna Irwin, the 84-year-old retirement home resident. Stay-at-home order lifts in Simcoe Muskoka.
Here’s what to expect “We feel alone — we can’t see our families,” Irwin said. “It makes one very anxious.”On Wednesday, Granite Ridge’s operations director, Jackie Payne, confirmed to Global News that all residents of the home will receive their first round of vaccinations by end of day Feb.