Category: Grey-Bruce Health Unit
Health board chair lays out priorities for 2022
Local health board chair Sue Paterson said the health unit is preparing to resume normal operations as part of post-pandemic recovery this year. The mayor of Hanover was returned by acclamation as chair for a second term at the Feb. 4 Grey Bruce Health Unit board of health meeting. She looked ahead in an interview […]
More local COVID deaths but indicators show situation improving
Two more local people have died due to COVID-19. The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported one death Saturday and another Monday. The local toll stands at 36 since the start of the pandemic about two years ago. At total of 12 local patients are hospitalized due to COVID: Nine in a local hospital and three […]
COVID: region records another death over the weekend
Another Grey-Bruce resident has died with COVID-19 according to the Grey Bruce Health Unit. The health unit’s Saturday situation report listed the new death. There are now 35 reported local deaths since the start of the pandemic including nine residents who died outside of the region. Meanwhile, a COVID-19 outbreak at Parkview Manor in Chesley […]
COVID: vaccine clinics for children five to 11 open in Owen Sound this weekend
Two vaccination clinics specifically for children five to 11 will operate this weekend at East Ridge Community School in Owen Sound. The clinics are scheduled to run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on both Saturday and Sunday. No appointments are necessary. According to statistics posted on the Grey Bruce Health Unit’s website, 56 per […]
COVID: vaccine clinics in Keady and Walkerton set for Thursday
COVID-19 vaccination clinics are scheduled for the Keady Community Centre and Walkerton Community Centre on Thursday. Both clinics will operate from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. No appointments are required for either clinic. First or second doses are available for children ages five to 17 while those 18 and older can receive a first, second […]
COVID: COVID-19 outbreaks now over at three local homes
The Grey Bruce Health Unit will operate a vaccine clinic at the Ripley-Huron Community Centre from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday as it continues to target areas of the region with low vaccination coverage. On Tuesday, the health unit offered vaccines in Durham, and on Thursday, clinics will be held in Keady at the […]
COVID: no new deaths reported Friday, vaccine clinics to target areas with low coverage
No new COVID-19 related deaths were reported in Grey-Bruce Friday. Six deaths have been reported in the past week, including three on Wednesday. Ten residents with COVID-19 are being treated at a local hospital while four are being treated at hospitals outside of the region. The Grey Bruce Health Unit clarified in its daily situation […]
COVID: local COVID-19 death toll reaches 30
For the second day in a row, another COVID-related death has been reported in Grey-Bruce. Dr. Ian Arra, Grey-Bruce’s medical officer of health, confirmed in a text message Tuesday the latest person to die was neither a long-term care resident nor hospitalized. Arra has previously declined to declare vaccination statuses of the deceased citing privacy. […]
COVID: teachers concerned about virus spread, hospitals over capacity
Teachers in Grey-Bruce are concerned with low vaccination rates among students and the lack of high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters as they return to classrooms this week. Julie Stanley, president of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario Bluewater Local said with 59 per cent of children ages five to 11 unvaccinated, and only 37 per […]
COVID: ineligible residents will not be tested at assessment centres, health unit says
Eleven facilities have active COVID-19 outbreaks in Grey-Bruce, according to the health unit’s latest situation report. On Thursday, the affected locations were Maple Court Villa retirement home in Walkerton, Lee Manor in Owen Sound, Grey Gables in Markdale, and Rockwood Terrace in Durham – as well as Pinecrest Manor in Lucknow, Errinrung in Thornbury, McVean […]