Ontario halts visits, social trips for long-term care residents amid Omicron spread
Ontario long-term care homes won’t accept general visitors or allow residents to leave for social reasons starting later this week in an effort to protect residents from the highly contagious Omicron variant.A person peers into a window outside Roberta Place long-term care home, in Barrie, Ont., on Jan. 18, 2021. Ontario long-term care homes won’t…