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Dr. Piotr Oglaza, Medical Officer of Health (MOH) for Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington (KFL&A) Public Health, was unable to provide a virtual briefing to the press this week. Instead, Public Health released a recorded video statement on Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022, in which he optimistically suggested that the rate
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Dr. Piotr Oglaza, Medical Officer of Health (MOH) for Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFL&APH), began 2022 with a message of optimism and hope for the people of the area in his weekly press update on the status of COVID in his Public Health Unit. “As we start
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With 154 new COVID-19 cases, 1,557 active, and two new school outbreaks, the Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington (KFL&A) region still has the highest rate of COVID-19 infections in the country, according to Dr. Piotr Oglaza, Medical Officer of Health (MOH) for KFL&A Public Health. “Unfortunately, we are still number
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Today, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021, Dr. Piotr Oglaza, Medical Officer of Health (MOH) for Kingston, Frontenac Lennox and Addington (KFL&A) Public Health, provided a video update on the emergence of the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus in the KFL&A region. In the video on the KFL&A Public Health YouTube
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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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The Omicron variant of COVID-19 is present in the Kingston Frontenac Lennox & Addington (KFL&A) region, announced Dr. Piotr Oglaza, Medical Officer of Health for KFL&A Public Health, in his weekly COVID-19 briefing with the press on the afternoon of Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021. The public can expect updates to
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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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With local case rates at the highest levels Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington (KFL&A) have experienced so far during the COVID-19 pandemic, many people are wondering about the vaccination status of these daily cases. On Friday, Nov. 19, 2021, Dr. Piotr Oglaza, Medical Officer of Health (MOH) for KFL&A Public
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J.A.K.K. Tuesdays Sports Pub owner, Kelly Thompson Hale, made his second appearance in court Friday, Nov. 19, 2021. This time, Hale argued that a Section 22 Order for violation of the Reopening Ontario Act (ROA) made under the Health Protection and Promotion Act should be overturned. Justice Graeme Mew, of
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As the number of current COVID-19 cases and outbreaks in the Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington (KFL&A) region continue to climb, so, too, do the outbreaks in area schools. On Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021, KFL&A Public Health declared an outbreak at Holy Name Catholic School, one of six active outbreaks
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Update (Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021):Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington (KFL&A) Public Health has now issued an order against J.A.K.K. Tuesdays. According to the KFL&A Public Health enforcement listings, J.A.K.K. Tuesdays on Progress Avenue was served under the Health Protection and Promotion Act Order, with a Section 22 Order for violation
Read more New Medical Officer of Health (MOH) for Frontenac Lennox & Addington (KFL&A) Public Health, Dr. Piotr Oglaza, in his first press conference in the role, explained his approach and vision Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021. “A big part that draws me to Public Health is that Public Health involves looking at
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