March 8th 2021 marks one year since Canada's first death from COVID-19, a senior in a long-term care facility in British Columbia. Since then 55 per cent of all deaths have been long-term care residents. It has been described as a senicide: the killing of the elderly or their abandonment to death. W5's Avery Haines speaks with Devora Greenspan, who spent the last year living in isolation at a long-term care home in Toronto. COVID-19 has pushed Canada's health care workers to the limit, but health officials are warning of even deadlier threats still to come. Described Video
March 8th 2021 marks one year since Canada's first death from COVID-19, a senior in a long-term care facility in British Columbia. Since then 55 per cent of all deaths have been long-term care residents. It has been described as a senicide: the killing of the elderly or their abandonment to death. W5's Avery Haines speaks with Devora Greenspan, who spent the last year living in isolation at a long-term care home in Toronto. COVID-19 has pushed Canada's health care workers to the limit, but health officials are warning of even deadlier threats still to come. Described Video