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Windsor’s first COVID-19 vaccination centre for the general public opened earlier this week for people eighty years of age and older. Here’s a look inside the operation and what you can expect when it’s your turn to receive a vaccine.
If you have an appointment, you’ll make your way to the WFCU Centre and pass through the roundabout.
Near the entrance, before parking, you’ll stop for a drive-thru symptom screening questionnaire. You’ll receive a wristband if you pass the screening, then you can proceed to park.
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The next step is to line up (physically distanced) at the tented area outside of Gate 1.
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The Haliburton Highlands Health Services (HHHS) says all residents at the Hyland Crest long-term care home have tested negative for COVID-19.
This comes after two essential caregivers tested positive for the virus over the weekend. The long-term care home was placed in an outbreak on February 1st after two essential caregivers tested positive for COVID-19.
Staff results are still pending, according to HHHS officials.
The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit’s (HKPR) top doctor Ian Gemmill said Wednesday what’s happening is more of a “situation” than an outbreak.
HKPR’s Medical Officer of Health Dr. Ian Gemmill explained that provincial regulations mandate that a home must be placed in an outbreak if two or more cases are diagnosed within it. While the Health Unit has put proper infection control protocols in place, he doesn’t believe it’s an “outbreak” but it’s a “situation. He says the two caregivers that
LONDON, ONT The Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU) has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at local shelter, Men s Mission Services of London, at 459 York Street. The Health unit says nine people including five staff members and four clients have tested positive for COVID-19 as of Saturday.
#MLHU has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at Mission Services of London - Men’s Mission, a local shelter located at 459 York St. in London. MLHU has so far received reports of 9 people, including 5 staff members, and 4 clients who have tested positive. #LdnOnt#Middlesex /1 MLHealthUnit (@MLHealthUnit) January 9, 2021 “While the Health Unit has not observed ongoing mass transmission within the facility, given the number of cases associated with the Mission within the last week, the declaration of an outbreak is an important step in order to limit any further transmission of the virus within the community,” says Dr. Alex Summers, Associate Medical Officer of Health with the Middlesex