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After the provincial government announced a variety of changes with regard to COVID-19 Public Health regulations, Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) is addressing some of the changes that will be occurring at the local Assessment Centre here in Kingston. KHSC, which oversees the operations of a number of healthcare facilities
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The first Kingston area death from the Omicron variant of COVID-19 is a sobering reminder of how our collective behaviour impacts vulnerable members of the community — This was one of the main messages of the COVID-19 update today, Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021, from Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington (KFL&A) Public
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The Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington (KFL&A) region continues to experience record-setting daily numbers of new COVID-19 cases, today reporting the highest ever case rate reported by any Public Health Unit in Canada since the pandemic began. “This,” said Dr. Piotr Oglaza, Medical Officer of Health (MOH) for KFL&A Public
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Update and clarification (Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021) Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington (KFL&A) Public Health has now provided clarification with regard to the discrepancies surrounding the number of cases involved in the current COVID-19 outbreaks at Ongwanada community residences. According to KFL&A Public Health, the “not specified” populations referred to
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On Monday, Dec. 13, 2021, Dr. Piotr Oglaza, Medical Officer of Health, KFL&A Public Health, along with Dr. Gerald Evans, infectious disease specialist at KHSC and Professor at Queen’s University School of Medicine, and Dr. David Pichora, President and CEO, Kingston Health Sciences Centre, hosted a press conference to address
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Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington (KFL&A) Public Health has announced that COVID-19 take-home PCR test kits will now become available to patients of participating Family Health Care Teams in the region. According to Public Health, the test kits will become available to said patients on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021. This
Read more The message still remains true: the best way to control this outbreak is to go get immunized.” Dr. Piotr Oglaza With COVID-19 cases in Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington (KFL&A) reaching an unprecedented all-time high of 220 active cases, 16 hospitalizations and a total of seven deaths (since the pandemic
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Editorial note: For information on different types of COVID-19 testing and which is appropriate for different circumstances, please read ‘Understanding COVID-19 rapid antigen tests: local experts share guidance.‘ A fully-vaccinated Kingston couple who both contracted COVID-19 are warning people not to just trust rapid detection tests, after a negative result
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Dr. Hugh Guan, Acting Medical Officer of Health at KFL&A Public Health has confirmed an increase in positive COVID-19 cases in young adults in the downtown core. Young adults, aged 18-29, make up more than half of the most recent COVID-19 cases in the KFL&A area. Eighteen of the 33
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Citing the recent practices and policies of many other provinces and jurisdictions, the Ontario government will roll out a COVID-19 “enhanced vaccine certificate and verification app,” the province announced on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021. The announcement also included a new requirement that people be fully vaccinated and provide proof of
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The province has announced Ontario will move into Step Three of the Roadmap to Reopen at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, Jul. 16, 2021. According to a release from the province, the key public health and health care indicators have continued to improve, and the province-wide vaccination rate is surpassing the
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Update (Friday, Jul. 9, 2021): As of Friday, Jul. 9, 2021, one more secondary case has been detected as part of the current COVID-19 outbreak at the Davies 5 unit of KGH. This brings the total number of cases associated with that outbreak to 14 primary (seven staff members and
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