Tag: Coronavirus
Labour leader: ‘Disheartening’ border blockade will hurt area workers
Workers and employers in London and region are bracing for consequences as the Ambassador Bridge blockade entered its fifth day Friday, halting the flow of goods at North America’s busiest border crossing, the head of a local labour board says.
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.