TORONTO - Ontario's Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission is to submit its final report to the provincial government today.
The commission has examined what went wrong in the province's response to the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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As of Thursday, 3,768 long-term care residents have died of COVID-19 in Ontario.
The commission interviewed a range of people and groups, from Long-Term Care Minister Merrilee Fullerton to doctors and personal support workers to family members of residents who were ill.
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The report is to include recommendations on how the province can protect long-term care homes from any future pandemics.
The commission has already released two sets of interim recommendations.
