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Ontario expands fourth dose vaccine access to those 18 years of age and older

Ron Davidson

Jul 28, 2022
2 min

Ontario expands fourth dose vaccine access to those 18 years of age and older

DAN CEARNS, The Standard NORTH DURHAM/KAWARTHA: The Ontario provincial government announced, on Wednesday, July 13th, they are expanding eligibility for a fourth dose or second booster shot of the COVID-19 vaccine to people aged 18 and over. “Starting on Thursday, July 14th at 8 a.m., eligible individuals can book an appointment through the [online] COVID-19 vaccination portal, covid-19.ontario.ca/book-vaccine, or by calling the Provincial Vaccine Contact Centre, at 1-833-943

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Kawartha Lakes CAO discusses recent pandemic news’ impact on the municipality

Ron Davidson

Mar 3, 2022
1 min

Kawartha Lakes CAO discusses recent pandemic news’ impact on the municipality

DAN CEARNS, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, for The Standard KAWARTHA LAKES: CAO Ron Taylor provided councillors with a COVID-19 related update, during a meeting on Tuesday, February 22nd. “From a local health unit perspective, they have been updating, week over week, transmission is gradually declining. Positivity rates are also declining. There still are a few outbreaks throughout the health unit district,” Mr. Taylor said. With the province having moved to the next s

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94 percent of Durham Regional Police members are vaccinated

Ron Davidson

Feb 24, 2022
1 min

94 percent of Durham Regional Police members are vaccinated

DAN CEARNS, for The Standard DURHAM: The Durham Regional Police are reporting, 94 percent of their members are vaccinated against COVID-19. In a recent report to the Durham Regional Police Services Board, from Inspector Tony Romano, the board saw only 73 of their 1,239 members are subject to submit to rapid antigen testing and six non-immunized members have chosen to take their own time off. “Wonderful to see 94 percent of our folk are immunized. That’s terrific that they hav

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HKPR medical officer addresses local vaccine concerns

Ron Davidson

Jan 20, 2022
2 min

HKPR medical officer addresses local vaccine concerns

DAN CEARNS, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, for The Standard KAWARTHA LAKES: Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit’s Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Natalie Bocking, addressed a couple of vaccine concerns during a virtual press conference on Wednesday, January 12th. Dr. Bocking said she’s noticed some residents are concerned about getting the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. “We do have an ongoing shortage of adult Pfizer doses of vaccine, and as such, we contin

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Ontario changing what will be accepted as proof of vaccination

Ron Davidson

Dec 16, 2021
2 min

Ontario changing what will be accepted as proof of vaccination

DAN CEARNS, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, for The Standard NORTH DURHAM/KAWARTHA: Early next year, the Ontario government is going to be requiring individuals to use their QR code vaccine certificate to enter, and stay in, facilities where proof of vaccination is required. On Friday, December 10th, the government announced these “enhanced” certificates would be the only proof these businesses and facilities can accept for entering, and staying in them, as of Tuesday,

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HKPR concerned about increased virus activity in school-aged children

Ron Davidson

Dec 9, 2021
2 min

HKPR concerned about increased virus activity in school-aged children

DAN CEARNS, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, for The Standard KAWARTHA LAKES: Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit is starting to see more COVID-19 cases in younger populations. “To date, in this school year, we’ve had 36 cases identified among the school-aged population and staff associated with schools. Other than one outbreak associated with a bus exposure, we have not had any outbreaks at any of our elementary or secondary schools. However, in the la

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Ron Davidson

Dec 2, 2021
2 min

HKPR stresses urgency of getting young children vaccinated

DAN CEARNS, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, for The Standard KAWARTHA LAKES: The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health unit (HKPR) is urging children to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Children under age 12 now account for the highest incidence of confirmed cases nationally, compared to other age groupings. That age group represents more than 20 percent of daily cases, but just 12 percent of the Canadian population, Canada’s chief public health officer, Dr.

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Ron Davidson

Nov 11, 2021
2 min

New groups eligible for third doses of COVID-19 vaccine in Ontario

DAN CEARNS, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, for The Standard NORTH DURHAM/KAWARTHA: The Ontario government is expanding the eligibility criteria for anyone looking to get a third dose of COVID-19 vaccine. On Wednesday, November 3rd, the Ontario government announced these booster doses will be available for people 70 years of age and over, people who received two doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine or one dose of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine, First Nation, Inuit and Méti

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Ron Davidson

Nov 11, 2021
1 min

Kawartha Lakes health unit announces sites for vaccine clinics

DAN CEARNS, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, for The Standard KAWARTHA LAKES: The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit (HKPR) has announced the locations for the return of their COVID-19 mass immunization clinics. On Wednesday, November 3rd, the health unit put out a press release, stating clinics will be at the Fenelon Falls Community Centre, Lindsay Exhibition lands, Minden Community Centre, Cobourg Community Centre, and Keeler Centre Colborne. The reo

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Kawartha Lakes health unit will bring back fixed vaccination sites when eligibility announcements ar

Ron Davidson

Nov 4, 2021
2 min

Kawartha Lakes health unit will bring back fixed vaccination sites when eligibility announcements ar

DAN CEARNS, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, for The Standard KAWARTHA LAKES: The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit (HKPR) is preparing for the moment a COVID-19 vaccine is approved for kids aged five to 11 years old. “We are anticipating the provincial government, as well as the federal government, [will] make announcements regarding approval of vaccination for five to 11 year-olds or approval of expanding eligibility for third doses of vaccine. In a

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Ron Davidson

Nov 4, 2021
1 min

TLDSB provides COVID-19 related update at meeting

DAN CEARNS, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, for The Standard KAWARTHA LAKES: Trillium Lakelands District School Board (TLDSB) trustees heard an update on the board’s COVID-19 related initiatives at a meeting on Tuesday, October 26th. “Extracurriculars and learning are up and running. We’re in full swing. There’s no question about that,” TLDSB director of Education Wes Hahn stated. “I think every month we get closer to normalcy.” The school board is taking a cautious app

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Ontario government provides timeline for lifting health measures

Ron Davidson

Oct 28, 2021
2 min

Ontario government provides timeline for lifting health measures

DAN CEARNS, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, for The Standard DURHAM/KAWARTHA LAKES: Ontario provincial government officials have provided a timeline and plan for the province to gradually lift all remaining COVID-19 related public health measures. The announcement was made by Premier Doug Ford, Health Minister Christine Elliott and Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Kieran Moore at a press conference, on Friday, October 22nd. “We’re sticking with what’s worked for our

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Ron Davidson

Sep 30, 2021
1 min

Kawartha Lakes implementing vaccine requirement for city meetings

DAN CEARNS, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, for The Standard KAWARTHA LAKES: The City of Kawartha Lakes is implementing a mandatory vaccination requirement for anyone attending a city meeting. At a meeting on Tuesday, September 21st, Kawartha Lakes council approved a motion to require either proof of full COVID-19 vaccination or “proof of a negative test result [which] is dated no earlier than two days before the meeting” for anyone looking to attend a council, committe

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HKPR data finds high number of pregnant women are unvaccinated

Ron Davidson

Sep 30, 2021
1 min

HKPR data finds high number of pregnant women are unvaccinated

DAN CEARNS, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, for The Standard KAWARTHA LAKES: The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit (HKPR) has found there are a large number of pregnant women in the health unit area who have not received the COVID-19 vaccine. “Among women [who] are pregnant across HKPR district health unit jurisdiction, only 58.5 percent have received their first dose of vaccine, and only 47.3 percent have received two doses of COVID-19 vaccine. Thes

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Ron Davidson

Sep 30, 2021
2 min

Ontario Premier defends decision to launch proof of vaccination requirement

DAN CEARNS, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, for The Standard DURHAM/KAWARTHA: Following the launch of the proof of vaccination requirements, for residents to enter facilities, with the intention to remain in while partaking of the products purchased in restaurants, bars, nightclubs, sports events, casinos and theatres this past week, Ontario Premier Doug Ford told reporters this decision was a necessary step to help the province battle against COVID-19. “I know many peo

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No Procrastinating

Ron Davidson

Sep 23, 2021
2 min

No Procrastinating

The COVID-19 vaccine rollout has been occurring across Ontario for months now. In my opinion, it’s time for everyone who wants to get the vaccine to schedule their jab. But, before I get started, I just want to say I’m not addressing any sort of crowd or people who don’t want or can’t get the vaccine. While I myself am fully vaccinated, and I believe the vaccine is the best protection against the virus, I’m just going to provide my advice, at this time, to the group of people

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Ontario government provides more information on vaccine certificate rollout plans

Ron Davidson

Sep 23, 2021
2 min

Ontario government provides more information on vaccine certificate rollout plans

DAN CEARNS, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, for The Standard DURHAM/KAWARTHA: The Ontario government has provided more information on the rollout of their vaccine certificate program. On Tuesday, September 14th, provincial officials provided information on new exceptions to the vaccine requirement policy, as well as about the technology being created to make it easier for residents to prove their vaccination status. On Wednesday, September 1st, the government announced

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PJHL adopts mandatory vaccination policy for all members

Ron Davidson

Sep 9, 2021
1 min

PJHL adopts mandatory vaccination policy for all members

DAN CEARNS, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, for The Standard NORTH DURHAM: The Provincial Junior Hockey League (PJHL), a league which the Port Perry MoJacks and Uxbridge Bruins play in, has recently announced a mandatory vaccination policy for all their members. The policy was announced, and adopted by, the PJHL, as well as the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League (NOJHL) and the Ontario Junior Hockey League in late August. “The policy applies to all players, coaches,

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Mandated vaccination policy, reopening pause among newly announced Ontario directives

Ron Davidson

Aug 26, 2021
2 min

Mandated vaccination policy, reopening pause among newly announced Ontario directives

by The Standard | August 26th, 2021 https://thestandardnewspaper.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Mandated-Vaccination-Policy.mp3 DAN CEARNS, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, for The Standard DURHAM/KAWARTHA: The Ontario government announced a number of new measures aimed at protecting the public from COVID-19 on Tuesday, August 17th. One of the directives put in place by the Chief Medical Officer of Health’s office makes it mandatory for hospitals, home and community care

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HKPR medical officer talks about new Ontario directives

Ron Davidson

Aug 26, 2021
2 min

HKPR medical officer talks about new Ontario directives

HKPR medical officer talks about new Ontario directives by The Standard | August 26th, 2021 https://thestandardnewspaper.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Brock-Township-Supplies-Update-On-Supportive-Housing-Project.mp3 DAN CEARNS, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, for The Standard KAWARTHA LAKES: Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit’s (HKPR) medical officer of health, Dr. Natalie Bocking, provided some feedback and reaction to the Ontario government’s recent

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