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The following is a message to Kingston Frontenac Lennox & Addington (KFL&A) residents from KFL&A Public Health regarding the upcoming return to in-person learning for students and educators across the region: The Medical Officers of Health from Hastings Prince Edward Public Health (HPEPH) and Kingston, Frontenac, and Lennox & Addington
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The Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington (KFL&A) region has recorded two further deaths due to COVID-19, bringing the total number of local deaths from the virus to 25 as of Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022. According to provincial data, the newly deceased are a male in his 80s, diagnosed late last
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Today, January 12, 2022, marks one year since the first COVID-19 vaccination was administered in the Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington (KFL&A) region. “With the tremendous support of multiple stakeholders and partners working together to administer vaccines, KFL&A Public Health is thrilled and grateful to share that over 90 per
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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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Today, Hastings Prince Edward Public Health and Kingston, Frontenac, and Lennox & Addington (KFL&A) Public Health will be updating the information reported on their respective COVID-19 dashboards, in response to recent changes in COVID-19 testing eligibility. As announced in late December, the Ontario government has made significant changes to the
Read more The Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington region has recorded another death due to COVID-19, bringing the total number of local deaths from the virus to 23. According to provincial data, the deceased was a male in his 60s. Contact tracing has not been able to determine the method of transmission
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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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Today, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022, Dr. Piotr Oglaza, Medical Officer of Health at KFL&A Public Health has rescinded three local Letters of Instruction and one Class Order as the province enters Step 2 of its Roadmap to Reopen with modifications. According to a release from KFL&A Public Health, the following
Read more The Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington (KFL&A) region recorded six deaths due to COVID-19 over the Christmas weekend (Dec. 25 to 27), KFL&A Public Health confirmed on Monday afternoon. The record number of deaths in such a brief time period comes even as the total number of active cases decreased
Read more With record COVID-19 case numbers and “worrisome daily case counts that are likely to continue for weeks,” KFL&A Public Health is strongly encouraging residents to get vaccinated and reduce close contacts. The new COVID-19 variant, Omicron, has quickly become the most common variant in the KFL&A region, according to a
Read more Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington (KFL&A) Public Health has provided holiday hours for their branch offices, regular clinics and other programs. The agency said that they will continue to provide essential services related to COVID-19 (e.g., vaccine clinics, contact tracing and case management, call centre, infection prevention and control, etc.)
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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 Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021, and involves four cases, according to data from both KFL&A Public Health. It is unclear when the cases were detected, as
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