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    Schools will remain closed to in-person learning. Students enrolled in publicly funded schools across the City are now being engaged in virtual learning. The province has established a list of essent

    Dr. Sheila-Mae Young discusses her experiences of childrens' reactions to getting the COVID-19 vaccine and strategies for making children feel more open to getting vaccinated.

    The local health unit is putting a its sexual health clinics on hold for the time being so that nurses and other staff can be redeployed for pandemic response. The decision comes as COVID-19 cases ar

Whitnall, Catherine, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 22 Dec 2021     The local health unit is urging everyone to be extra vigilant when it comes to practicing pandemic safety measures in order to not exacerbate anticipated shortages of vaccine, tests, and hospital bed

Vanmeer, Pamela, Kawartha411.ca, 30 Dec 2021     Letter from local doctors urging the province to keep schools open reads "We are a group of physicians who are deeply concerned about the use of provincial school closures to control the spread of CO

Vanmeer, Pamela, Kawartha411.ca (20150713), 14 Sep 2021     Two protests against various COVID-19 measures were held in Kawartha Lakes over the weekend. One in Lindsay on Sunday drew approximately 250 people over a few hours with 120 at one time. They held si

kawarthaNOW, kawarthaNOW.com ( Jeannine Taylor, 1996), 1 Sep 2021     The Ontario government is lifting its pandemic pause on the renewals of driver's licenses, license plate stickers, Ontario photo and health cards, and more. When the pandemic hit in March 2020, the g

Kawartha Lakes This Week, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Metroland Media Group Ltd., 2004), 15 Oct 2021     A trio of local youth have discovered there's added incentive to getting COVID-19 vaccines, not only in being better protected against the virus but also for winning prizes. The local health unit's #

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Whitnall, Catherine, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 31 Aug 2021     The local school board is preparing to meet these concerns head on with such protocols as in-class and busing mask mandates for all students and cohorting in elementary classrooms. Although not curre

Vanmeer, Pamela, Kawartha411.ca (20150713), 13 Oct 2021     The Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit issued the $880 fine last week.

Whitnall, Catherine, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Metroland Media Group Ltd., 2004), 14 Oct 2021     Roughly 97 percent of Ross Memorial Hospital's nearly 1000 staff and physicians have provided proof of full vaccination, the Peterborough Regional Health Centre reports that 97 percent of its health

Benns, Roderick, Lindsay Advocate (Lindsay, Ontario: Roderick Benns, 201804), 5 Mar 2021     Plans would have two mass immunization centres for each of the three counties in the Haliburton Kawartha Lakes Pine Ridge District Health Unit.

kawarthaNOW, kawarthaNOW.com ( Jeannine Taylor, 1996), 11 Feb 2021     Two more deaths and 7 new cases in Kawartha Lakes, 4 new cases in Hastings Prince Edward, 3 in Northumberland, 2 in Peterborough,and 1 in Haliburton.

Vanmeer, Pamela, Kawartha411.ca (20150713), 17 Feb 2021     Verify Diagnostics announced on Tuesday that Health Canada has authorized the Assure Tech EcotestCOVID-19 serological rapid test to be used at the point-of-care(POC) for the purpose of screening for

Vanmeer, Pamela, Kawartha411.ca (20150713), 11 Feb 2021     ES-Another resident of Caressant Care on McLaughlin Road in Lindsay has died of Coronavirus bringing the death toll to 14 residents.

Whitnall, Catherine, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 11 Feb 2021     Kawartha Snowcross competitions are returning to Lindsay, but fans are not. While some in the community are concerned, event coordinators say strict health and safety measures will be in place.

Winter, Kirk, Lindsay Advocate (Lindsay, Ontario: Roderick Benns, 201804), 11 Feb 2021     The learning format for Fall 2021 has yet to be confirmed. The board has experienced bugetary stresses due to the pandemic though there are other pertinent infrastructure changes that need to be made

Whitnall, Catherine, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 12 Feb 2021     A group of Bobcaygeon businesses are showing their appreciation to long term care and retirement home front- line workers by doing what they do best- serving up great food.

kawarthaNOW, kawarthaNOW.com ( Jeannine Taylor, 1996), 24 Feb 2021     Ontario is reporting 1,054 new cases, including 5 more cases of the B.1.1.7 UK variant for a total of 395. The seven-day average of daily cases in Ontario has increased by 29 to1,084.In the greater K