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Halliday, Chris, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 27 Apr 2020     Government of Ontario unveiled 'roadmap' to restart Ontario economy from coronavirus pandemic, a three stage approach with public health officials carefully monitoring each stage. The province warned that it is not a calendar and that they would not rush the process.

Armstrong, Laura, Toronto Star ( TorStar), 10 Jun 2020     As Canada worked to flatten the coronavirus curve, the combination of anxiety, economic insecurity and isolation has mental health experts concerned that suicide rates in the country could be headed in the opposite direction.

Benzie, Robert, Toronto Star ( TorStar), 4 Sep 2020     Premier Doug Ford's push against retailer's pandemic price gouging has triggered more than 26 000 consumer complaints to the government, newly available data reveals.

MacCharles, Tonda, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 5 Jun 2020     A joint Canada-U.S. scientific study of hydroxychloroquine said the drug that U.S. President Donald Trump promoted as a preventative medication does not protect people who've been exposed to the coronavirus from developing the COVID-19 disease.

Warren, May, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 4 Aug 2020     Hair loss is often seen three months after suffering from major illness or trauma with survivors of COVID-19 and patients continuing to suffer debilitating systems made it known that this illness was more than just a flu with this development.

Liu, Karon, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 6 Aug 2020     By now we’ve all seen videos and photos of packed house parties, beaches and even concerts full of young people not physically distancing as if the pandemic was over. But rather than lumping all millennials and Gen Z members into one monolith, it was important to remember that just because ...

Taylor, Jeannine, kawarthaNOW.com ( Jeannine Taylor), 5 Aug 2020     The Ontario Hockey League announced on Wednesday, August 5th that it planned to return to play on Tuesday, December 1st - as long as it was safe for players, fans, and staff.

Benzie, Robert, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 7 Jul 2020     July 7, 2020 marked the first day since March that no COVID-19 deaths were reported in Ontario. It had been 105 days since that happened on March 23, a week after the provincial state of emergency was declared. In early May, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, there ...

Taylor, Jeannine, kawarthaNOW.com ( Jeannine Taylor), 12 Jun 2020     On the same day that Ontario saw its lowest increase of positive COVID-19 cases since March 28 2020, the Ontario government updated its public health guidelines to allow for a “social circle” of up to 10 people.

    A roundup of the research that acknowledged that the transmission of COVID-19 was possible via aerosolized respiratory microdroplets that could travel farther than the 2 metres/6 foot separation of social distancing.

Saba, Rosa, Kawartha Lakes This Week (2004), 21 Nov 2020     After the pandemic made it clear that the Employment Insurance (EI) system needed to change, the federal government hinted it would work toward bringing the program up to speed. The program was bolstered by temporary changes meant to include more people affected by the pandemic, reducing the number of hours ...

DeLaire, Megan, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 24 Aug 2020     Ontario’s chief medical officer of health, Dr. David Williams, said on May 6 that the province would soon begin collecting race- and income-based COVID-19 data.

Yang, Jennifer, Toronto Star ( TorStar), 10 Jan 2021     Experts said the holiday period accelerated what was already an alarming trajectory before Christmas. According to mobility data shared exclusively with the Toronto Star, some health units that saw dramatic increases in post-holiday infection rates also had amongst the province's highest rates of movement.

Appia, Veronica, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 17 Dec 2020     Health experts predict a an abysmal January, February and March for COVID-19 infections if citizens allowed "pandemic fatigue" to take over and refused to continue practicing cautious over the 2020 Christmas holidays.

DeLaire, Megan, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 15 Dec 2020     Supply chain experts offered a glimpse of what might be to come in 2021 during the continued COVID-19 pandemic.

Appia, Veronica, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 1 Dec 2020     The Ontario provincial government announced an update to their COVID-19 vaccination plan - one which Health Minister Christine Elliott said will by the "largest logistical undertaking that we've had in Ontario in a generation." The province had yet to decide who would get the vaccination first.

    Ontario was on the verge of running out of COVID-19 vaccine doses if no new shipments arrived before the end of the following week (January 15, 2021), Premier Doug Ford said during an announcement on Friday January 8, 2021.

Taylor, Jeannine, kawarthaNOW.com ( Jeannine Taylor), 31 Jul 2020     The Ontario government amended its orders under the Reopening Ontario (A Flexible Response to COVID-19) Act to require bars and restaurants, effective on July 31st, to collect the names and contact information of patrons. Under the new rules, the operator of a bar and restaurant must record the name and ...

Benzie, Robert, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 12 Aug 2020     The COVID-19 pandemic almost doubled Ontario's already sky-high budget deficit to a record $38.5 billion and plunged the province into an economic recession.

McQuigge, Michelle, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 7 Aug 2020     Ontario's overworked and underpaid personal support workers received government assistance, the province's premier said he heaped praise on a group who have been on the front lines of the fight against COVID-19 in long-term care homes.