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Taylor, Jeannine, kawarthaNOW.com ( Jeannine Taylor, 1996), 1 Feb 2021     Ontario reported 11 more cases of the B.1.1.7 UK coronavirus variant and its first case of the B 1.351 South Africa variant of the coronavirus detected in a Peel Region resident. The health unit prov

Winter, Kirk, Lindsay Advocate (Lindsay, Ontario: Roderick Benns, 201804), 20 Jan 2021     Many parents in Kawartha Lakes were overjoyed to hear that their school-aged children who attended in-person learning before the 2020 Christmas holiday would be returning to school on January 25, 202

Vanmeer, Pamela, Kawartha411.ca, 20210423     The Ontario government has confirmed the first case of vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT) in a patient after receiving the AstraZeneca/COVISHIELD vaccine.

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.

VanMeer, Pamela, Kawartha411.ca (20150713), 19 Apr 2021     The Ontario government expanded the age eligibility for the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines, allowing residents aged 40 and over to receive it.

Vanmeer, Pamela, Kawartha411.ca (20150713), 8 Apr 2021     The Ontario government says it is introducing new measures to protect schools against COVID-19 which include refresher training, enhanced cleaning and asymptomatic testing. As these new measures are

Taylor, Jeannine, kawarthaNOW.com ( Jeannine Taylor, 1996), 1 Apr 2021     Ontario's top health experts on the COVID-19 Science Advisory Table recommended a month-long province-wide stay-at-home order to bring the disease under control, announcing that Ontario had entered t

VanMeer, Pamela, Kawartha411.ca (20150713), 1 Feb 2021     As more students return to class today, the Ontario government says it is providing an additional $381 million, provided through the federal Safe Return to Class Fund, to keep schools safe from COVID

Rushowy, Kristin, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 12 Mar 2020     On recommendation from Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. David Williams, Ontario schools closed for two weeks following March Break (beginning March 23, 2020) to fight COVID-19. This closure would

kawarthaNOW, kawarthaNOW.com ( Jeannine Taylor, 1996), 7 Apr 2021     Non-essential retailers will be limited to curbside pickup and delivery, new restrictions will be placed on what big box retailers can sell.

Taylor, Jeannine, kawarthaNOW.com ( Jeannine Taylor), 25 Nov 2020     The provincial government encouraged the public to safely celebrate the Christmas holiday by celebrating within your own household with only the people you live with and celebrate virtually with ever

Taylor, Jeannine, kawarthaNOW.com ( Jeannine Taylor, 1996), 8 Feb 2021     The Ontario government extended its stay-at-home order for another week for all public health regions in Ontario, except for three in eastern Ontario. As other health units gradually moved back into

Monsebraaten, Laurie, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 23 Mar 2020     Ontario partnered with municipalities and First Nations to open as many as 50,000 child care spaces for essential workers across the province in centres that will be free and available 24-7, Educatio

Winter, Kirk, The Lindsay Advocate (Lindsay, Ontario: Roderick Benns), 18 Dec 2020     The local public school board was caught between rumours of school shutdowns and a provincial lockdown. Schools were expected to reopen on January 4, 2021 with no indication of any closures occurring

Taylor, Jeannine, kawarthaNOW.com ( Jeannine Taylor), 21 Dec 2020     The Ontario government announced that they will impose a province-wide shutdown effective 12:01 AM on Boxing Day (Saturday December 26, 2020), for 14 days in northern Ontario and for 28 days in south

Ferguson, Rob, Toronto Star ( TorStar), 26 Aug 2020     Students and staff who get sick when school is back in session won’t need to have a COVID-19 test before returning to class unless they’ve had contact with a confirmed case, Ontario health officials

Sobanski, Sarah, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 4 Apr 2020     Mayor Letham says seasonal residents have a right to come to the area if they feel it's best.

Taylor, Jeannine, kawarthaNOW.com ( Jeannine Taylor), 13 Nov 2020     With Ontario's public health officials now projecting up to 7,000 daily COVID-19 cases in Ontario by the end of December 2020, the Ontario government lowered its thresholds of its colour-coded system

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 again

Ferguson, Rob, Kawartha Lakes This Week (Kawartha Lakes, ON: Kawartha Media Group, 2004), 11 Jan 2021     A senior government source said that the provincial government was not planning to put curfews in place to curb the stubbornly rapid spread of COVID-19. The question of curfews arose after Quebec imp