Tag: Coronavirus
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Some COVID-19 measures to roll back at LTC homes
The Ontario government is taking a phased approach to reducing some of the COVID-19 measures that have been in place at long-term care (LTC) homes for the past few years.
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PHOTOS: Reflecting on COVID-19’s early days, three years later
It’s been three years since COVID-19 arrived in the London region, leading to lockdowns, closed schools and an unprecedented upheaval of day-to-day life. We’re looking back on the pandemic’s first few weeks here with these photos from the LFP Archives:
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COVID-19 hit to Budweiser Gardens’ bottom line also affects city’s
The COVID-19 pandemic hammered London’s Budweiser Garden, which for the past three years has operated at a loss, its deficit running in the millions of dollars during that time, a new city staff report shows.
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Sims: COVID isn’t in the rear-view mirror, much as we would like it to be
COVID-19 vaccination campaigns may not be the big news they were during the pandemic, but, to remind us the virus will be with us always, the Middlesex-London health unit is ramping up for a springtime targeted booster blitz for the most vulnerable.
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Controversial public-health official, set to exit role, questions masking
A controversial doctor used one of his final public appearances as a Southwestern Ontario community’s top public health official to question the effectiveness of masks in slowing the spread of infectious diseases like COVID-19.
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Area COVID vaccine clinics to close after doling out nearly 500K doses
After nearly two years of operation and a half-million doses administered, Southwestern Public Health will close its COVID-19 mass vaccination clinics this month.
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Pearson: COVID still a challenge that requires a balanced approach
We had hoped to escape the clutches of a difficult 2022 and embrace something better in this new year, but things aren’t turning out quite the way we thought.
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‘Treated fairly’: Western ombudsman details student COVID vaccine fallout
Roughly three-dozen Western University students last year contacted their ombudsperson with concerns over the school’s on-campus COVID-19 vaccine mandate – some of whom were forced to take a leave from their studies for violating the requirement.
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More COVID, cold and flu clinics open amid ER pressures
The group in charge of health-care delivery in Elgin County has launched three new COVID-19, cold and flu assessment clinics to help ease some of the pressure the respiratory virus season is putting on emergency rooms.
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Western University researcher using AI to unlock secrets of long COVID
A London medical student trying to get to the bottom of long COVID is taking a page from bankers, harnessing artificial intelligence they use to analyze stocks to seek signs of the virus in blood.