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Update (Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021 at 9:55 a.m.) Further to the response provided by Queen’s University regarding the assertion made by Dr. Bonnie Henry, Provincial Health Officer for British Columbia, that the 2021 Canadian University Men’s Rugby Championship (hosted in Kingston by Queen’s University from November 24 to 28, 2021)
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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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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
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Update (Monday, Dec. 13, 2021) Queen’s University has announced the decision to move all exams into an online format as opposed to in-person. Read more about that here. Original article A petition asking Queen’s University to move Fall Term exams online, rather than writing in-person, has gained nearly 4,000 signatures
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The following is a submitted Letter to the Editor. The views and opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of Kingstonist. Dear Kingstonist, I wanted to send a quick letter about the COVID-19 test centre – a letter that is positive. The staff there are doing such a huge job
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The regular activity that has occurred consistently at 495 Princess Street since well before September of 2020 has come to a halt. The construction site – the future site of Unity Place, a 10-storey plus penthouse building with 195 suites overlooking one of the busiest intersections in downtown Kingston at
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Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington (KFL&A) Public Health has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at Polson Park Public School, located in central Kingston. The outbreak was declared on Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021, according to Public Health, and involves five active cases of the virus. According to data provided by the Limestone
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As COVID-19 case counts for the Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington (KFL&A) region continue to climb, so too do the number of outbreaks locally. Between Friday, Dec. 3 and Monday, Dec. 6, 2021, KFL&A Public Health declared three outbreaks, bringing the current number of active COVID-19 outbreaks in the region
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Update (Friday, Dec. 24, 2021) The COVID-19 outbreak at Providence Care’s Transitional Care Centre has officially been declared over by both the healthcare organization, and Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington (KFL&A) Public Health. According to a press release from Providence Care, the outbreak, which was declared on Thursday, Dec. 2,
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Indoor social activities and misrecognition of symptoms have contributed to Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington’s new all-time high of 304 active cases of COVID-19, which was noted on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. Dr. Piotr Oglaza, Medical Officer of Health (MOH) at Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington Public Health (KFL&APH), gave
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Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington (KFL&A) Public Health has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at St. Patrick Catholic School, an elementary school located in Harrowsmith on Wilton Road. The outbreak was declared on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021, and involves three student cases, according to data from both KFL&A Public Health, and
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A COVID-19 outbreak has been declared at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic School, an elementary school in Kingston’s north end. The outbreak was declared on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021, and involves two student cases, according to data from both KFL&A Public Health, and the Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic District School
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