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Ontario faces a critical few weeks as it monitors the spread of more-contagious variants of COVID-19, the province’s pandemic science advisers warned Thursday, with the government considering a new lockdown on hard-hit Thunder Bay.
Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, David Williams, said he would be looking at the latest data and talking to Thunder Bay’s local health officer Thursday evening about whether to recommend new restrictions for the area at a cabinet meeting set for Friday.
Posted: Feb 11, 2021 6:30 AM ET | Last Updated: February 11
The Thunder Bay District Health Unit issued a class order Tuesday directing all people released from the district jail in the city to go directly to the isolation shelter upon release. One day later, it declared an outbreak within the homeless population.(Gord Ellis/CBC)
On January 27, a North Star Air plane left Thunder Bay to complete what it thought would be a standard passenger flight north to several First Nations, before returning to its headquarters in the northwestern Ontario city.
The flight made stops in Eabametoong and Neskantaga, where several people boarded. The plane then landed in Webequie.
First COVID-19 vaccine in northern Ontario provides hope amidst warnings of a long road ahead
After the months of waiting and speculation, the first COVID-19 vaccine in northern Ontario was administered alongside a chorus of applause and cheers at the COVID-19 Assessment Centre in the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre. The first recipient was Sean Bolton, a personal support worker with a 19-year career currently working for the Hogarth Riverview Manor long-term care home in Thunder Bay, Ont.
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Sean Bolton, a personal support worker at a Thunder Bay long-term care home was the first to be vaccinated