Province-wide lockdown begins; hunker-down Premier says (UPDATED WITH WEDNESDAY CASES) Ontario Premier Doug Ford has announced a more restrictive province-wide lockdown which takes effect 12:01 a.m. Thursday.
Author of the article: Elaine Della-Mattia
Publishing date: Apr 07, 2021 • 3 days ago • 7 minute read • Ontario Premier Doug Ford takes off his mask during an April 1, 2021 announcement at Queen s Park. Ontario entered into a four-week partial shutdown beginning Saturday as COVID-19 cases in the province spike. Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press Photo by Frank Gunn /THE CANADIAN PRESS
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A new stay-at-home order has been issued by the Ontario government.
Premier Doug Ford made the announcement Wednesday, calling on the order to take place at 12:01 a.m. Thursday. It will last for four weeks.
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More immunization clinics have been scheduled for the next two weekends at the GFL Memorial Gardens, Algoma Public Health medical officer of health Dr. Jennifer Loo said.
More than 4,000 doses of the vaccine received for the Algoma health unit and allocated to the GFL Centre have been administered and every single appointment over the past weekend’s clinic was filled, she told The Sault Star Wednesday. “That is fantastic news. We’re very pleased.”
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Algoma Public Health gets its allocation of COVID vaccine doses from the Ontario Ministry of Health, along with the other 34 public health units. Dose numbers may vary from week to week, despite provincial forecasts, she said.
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