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Ontario Makes COVID Vaccination And Random Testing Mandatory For All Long Term Care Employees, Students And Volunteers | Kawartha 411 rigorous inspections to reinforce infection prevention and control regularly testing all individuals who are not fully vaccinated providing a COVID-19 vaccine promotion toolkit available in 12 languages organizing mobile clinics at homes with lower vaccination rates and homes experiencing outbreaks providing homes with support so they can administer vaccines themselves in a timely manner working to increase the hours of direct care for residents to an average of four hours per day by 2024-25 collecting more accurate vaccination data at the home level offering third doses to long-term care residents. As of September 30, 64 per cent of residents have already received their third dose. Fully vaccinated staff will continue to be able to work in more than one long-term care home, retirement home or other health service provider setting. Homes will continue to be required to track and report on the implementation of their policies, including overall staff immunization rates. To promote transparency, the Ministry of Long-Term Care is publicly posting long-term care home staff vaccination rates. To protect staff privacy, individual immunization status is not shared with the province. Ontario Makes COVID Vaccination And Random Testing Mandatory Fo... https://www.kawartha411.ca/2021/10/01/ontario-makes-covid-vaccinatio... 4 of 4 10/5/2021, 4:19 PM