Tag: Coronavirus
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.
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.
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.
‘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.
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.