Some Long Term Care Homes Can’t Get Insurance, Could Be Forced to Close: Association

Some Long Term Care Homes Can’t Get Insurance, Could Be Forced to Close: Association
A man takes a walk outside the Seven Oaks Long-Term Care Home in Toronto on June 25, 2020. The Canadian Press/Frank Gunn
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Ontario’s long-term care homes are having trouble securing liability insurance for COVID-19, a situation that could force some of them to close, a group representing more than 70 percent of the province’s homes says.

The Ontario Long-Term Care Association says its homes are being offered new policies without a key provision: coverage for infectious diseases, including COVID-19.