Tag: Coronavirus
All Ontario COVID-19 measures, including vaccine passports, under review
All of Ontario’s COVID-19 measures – including restrictions on businesses, masking rules and its vaccine certificate policy – are under review, the province’s top doctor said Thursday. Dr. Kieran Moore told a news conference that a massive wave of Omicron variant cases has passed its peak. Based on that trend, he said it’s time to […]
Huron Perth Public Health says COVID-19 transmission is slowing
Huron Perth Public Health says indicators like hospitalizations and ICU admissions are improving which means public health measures are working to slow the transmission of COVID-19.
Area acting medical officer of health calls for end to vaccine mandates
Haldimand Norfolk’s acting medical officer of health says he’s not out to make people happy. And a comment Matt Strauss posted on Twitter Saturday emphasized that as he riled up many who were quick to disagree with him. “I am pro-vaccine and anti-mandate. I am pro-public health and anti-lockdown,” Strauss wrote. “I don’t think Ivermectin […]
Call your shot: Health unit looks to lift lagging COVID booster campaign
Londoners seeking COVID shots at the health unit’s pop-up or mass vaccination clinics will get their choice of vaccine in a bid to bump up lagging booster dose uptake, officials say.
London region matches previous single-day record high death toll
The Middlesex London Health Unit recorded seven COVID-19 deaths on Thursday, matching the region’s previous record high single-day death toll set on January 17, 2021.