According to a report by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on the 21st local time, since the Canadian soldiers were stationed in long-term care facilities in Ontario and Quebec, 28 people have been infected with the new coronavirus, 12 of them in Ontario and 16 in Quebec.
Last week, five soldiers were infected, and the number rose to 28 a week later.
Since the outbreak of the new crown epidemic, there have been a large number of infections and deaths in long-term care institutions (mainly nursing homes) in Quebec and Ontario, and the infection rate of the elderly is significantly higher than other groups. Numerous scandals such as chaotic management, lack of effective protection of staff, a small number of staff leaving the post, and the old people infected with the new crown virus were abandoned and starved to death. The two provinces therefore requested military support from the federal government. The Canadian federal government subsequently sent 1,675 soldiers to the two provinces, and the long-term care institutions stationed in the two provinces took over part of the nursing work. (Headquarters reporter Zhang Sen)