{"id":98320,"date":"2021-05-31T15:29:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T19:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=98320"},"modified":"2021-05-31T15:32:04","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T19:32:04","slug":"province-mandates-covid-19-immunization-policies-for-long-term-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/province-mandates-covid-19-immunization-policies-for-long-term-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Province mandates COVID-19 immunization policies for long-term care"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The provincial government is making it mandatory for long-term care homes to have COVID-19 immunization policies for staff and to set out the minimum requirements that need to be included in these policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWidespread vaccination within long-term care homes is the best way to protect residents, staff and their families,\u201d said Dr. Merrilee Fullerton, Minister of Long-Term Care, in a media release today. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under the immunization policies to be put in place at all long-term care homes in the province, each staff member must do one of the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Provide proof of vaccination of each dose;<\/li><li>Provide a documented medical reason for not being vaccinated; or<\/li><li>Participate in an educational program about the benefits of vaccination and the risks of not being vaccinated.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Homes will be required to track and report on the implementation of their policies, including overall staff immunization rates. The immunization status of individual staff members will not be shared with the province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Long-term care homes must have their COVID-19 staff immunization policies fully implemented by July 1, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of May 30, 2021, the province estimates that 97 per cent of long-term care residents in Ontario are fully immunized and more than 89 per cent of staff have received at least their first dose, with approximately 66 per cent&nbsp;fully immunized.<\/p>\n\n\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a> to receive our email digest with links to our most recent stories.<br>\nLocal news in your inbox three times per week!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"background: #5cb85c url('https:\/\/d1iczxrky3cnb2.cloudfront.net\/red_logo.png') no-repeat 37px; color: #fff; text-decoration: none; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; padding: 15px 38px; padding-left: 75px; -webkit-border-radius: 2px; -moz-border-radius: 2px; border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #1f5a89; text-shadow: 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);\" href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/support-huntsville-doppler\">Click here to support local news<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The provincial government is making it mandatory for long-term care homes to have COVID-19 immunization policies for staff and to set out the minimum requirements that need to be included [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1903,"featured_media":72680,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - 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