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First long-term care workers in Kingston get COVID-19 vaccines

January 12, 2021January 12, 2021 Jessica Foley 1 Comment COVID-19 vaccination clinic, COVID-19 vaccine, Extendicare Kingston, Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), long-term care workers, mobile vaccination program, Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, Southeastern Ontario

The first long-term care workers in southeastern Ontario received their initial doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine today, at Kingston

COVID-19 outbreak declared at Extendicare Kingston

November 26, 2020November 26, 2020 Jessica Foley 0 Comments covid-19 outbreak, Extendicare Kingston, KFLA Public Health, long term care home, residents isolating, staff member case

KFL&A Public Health announced an outbreak at Extendicare Kingston on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020. Extendicare Kingston released a statement on

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Opinion: Rebuild of Extendicare Kingston can be part of Ontario solution to modernize long-term care

November 12, 2020November 12, 2020 Kingstonist 0 Comments coronavirus, COVID-19, Extendicare Kingston, Ford Government, increased capacity, Kingston, long-term care, opinion, pandemic, private rooms, provincial approval, provincial government, redevelopment, semi-private rooms, Tawnia Pilgrim, ward rooms

The following is a submitted Op/Ed article. The views and opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of The Kingstonist.