COVID-19 risk has ‘never been so high’ in region after construction site outbreak

Positive COVID-19 case identified at Lone Star Texas Grill

Dr. Moore provides update on COVID-19 outbreaks, hospitalizations

Public Health nurse shares details of work on COVID-19 cases

COVID-19 tracking, tracing and resolution in KFL&A explained

May 6, 2021May 6, 2021 Tori Stafford 0 Comments B.1.1.7, Cataraqui Heights, cause of outbreak, close contacts, construction site, construction workers, COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccine, Dr. Kieran Moore, hospitalization, Kingston, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), Leeds and Grenville, Leeds Grenville and Lanark Public Health, number of cases, outbreak, Pomerleau Construction, retirement residence, rising cases, risk, secondary cases, secondary spread, spread to family, vaccination, Variants of concern, west end

Approximately two-thirds of recent COVID-19 cases reported in the Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington (KFL&A) region are connected to the recent outbreak at the Cataraqui Heights construction site, according to the local Public Health Unit. Dr. Kieran Moore, Medical Officer of Health for KFL&A Public Health explained the impact of

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March 18, 2021March 18, 2021 Jessica Foley 0 Comments close contacts, COVID-19 case, downtown restaurant, KFL&A Public Health, Lone Star, monitor for symptoms, positive case of COVID-19

A positive case of COVID-19 has been identified by KFL&A Public Health in a patron at the Lone Star Texas Grill in downtown Kingston, according to a release from Public Health, dated Thursday, Mar. 18, 2021. KFL&A Public Health recommends that individuals who attended Lone Star Texas Grill Restaurant on Saturday, March

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December 11, 2020December 11, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan, Local Journalism Initiative 0 Comments close contacts, contact tracing, COVID-19, COVID-19 cases, covid-19 outbreak, COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 response, Dr. Kieran Moore, Fairmount Home, homecare worker, hospital capacity, hospitalization, KFL&A Public Health, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), Live Well Health Centre, long term care, off campus, Queen's University, Third Day Worship Centre

Kingston’s Medical Officer of Health Dr. Kieran Moore released a status update on several COVID-19 outbreaks in the community on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020. “We name these not to lay blame or to shame anyone, but just to let people know the level of activity in the community,” Dr. Moore

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November 27, 2020November 27, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan, Local Journalism Initiative 0 Comments close contacts, contact tracing, contact tracing apps, COVID-19, covid-19 symptoms, Dr. Kieran Moore, Heather Dixon, KFL&A Public Health, KFL&A Public Health Board, Public health nurse, self-isolation, York Public Health

Since the start of the pandemic, Public Health nurse Heather Dickson has spoken to hundreds of people that either have, or know someone with, COVID-19. She is one of Kingston Frontenac Lennox & Addington (KFL&A) Public Health’s team of contact tracers. Making daily calls to active COVID-19 cases in self-isolation,

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April 16, 2020April 16, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments 2019 novel coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, case management, case resolution, case tracking, close contacts, community spread, contact tracing, coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 Assessment Centre, COVID-19 testing, Dr. Azim Kasmani, hospitalization, Kingston, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), Public Health, relapses, resolved cases of COVID-19, respiratory issues, SARS-CoV-2, source of exposure, symptoms, when is a case resolved?

By now, we are all very much aware of the current pandemic, as we all try to remain at home as much as possible to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus and COVID-19 in the Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington (KFL&A) region. What we don’t all know is what