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Community enforcement partners’ advice during stay-at-home order

January 15, 2021January 15, 2021 Jessica Foley 0 Comments bylaw enforcement, City of Kingston, COVID-19, Emergency Management and Civil Protections Act, fines, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), Kingston Police, state of emergency, Stay-at-home orders, tickets, wear a mask

In response to new regulations and the declaration of a second provincial state of emergency, Kingston Police, City Bylaw Enforcement

COVID-19 and first responders: How the pandemic has impacted Kingston’s emergency services

January 15, 2021January 15, 2021 Tori Stafford 1 Comment Chief Antje McNeely, Chief Gale Chevalier, COVID-19, COVID-19 cases, Dr. Kieran Moore, emergency services, Fire Chief Shawn Armstrong, first responders, Frontenac Paramedic Services, impact of COVID-19, increased cleaning and sanitization, increased risk, Kingston, Kingston Fire and Rescue, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), Kingston Police, pandemic, personal protective equipment (PPE), sanitizing

Stay-at-home orders, arrows on the floors of business, lineups outside grocery stores – one need only look around to see

Leading doctors answer questions about Kingston’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout

January 13, 2021January 13, 2021 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccine, David Pichora, Dr. Kieran Moore, essential caregivers, healthcare workers, KHSC, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), long term care, Moderna Vaccine, Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, Stay-at-home orders, virtual learning

Following an announcement that Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) had administered its first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on

KHSC ‘maximizing readiness,’ will accommodate out-of-town patients

January 8, 2021January 8, 2021 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 response, Dr. David Pichora, hospital capacity, Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), Ontario Health

The CEO of Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), Dr. David Pichora, has confirmed that Kingston hospitals are preparing to receive

CSC to begin vaccinating high-risk inmates Friday

January 7, 2021January 7, 2021 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments Collins Bay Institution, Correctional Service Canada (CSC), covid-19 outbreak, COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 vaccine, Joyceville Institution, KFLA Public Health, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), vaccinations

Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) announced on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 that it will begin vaccinating older, medically vulnerable federal

Local COVID-19 update from KFL&A Public Health

January 5, 2021January 5, 2021 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments community update, COVID-19, COVID-19 cases, COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 response, COVID-19 testing, Dr. Kieran Moore, KFL&A Public Health, Kingston, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), Medical Officer of Health

The number of confirmed active cases of COVID-19 in the Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington (KFL&A) Public Health region has

Dr. Moore supports possibility of reduced, two-week local lockdown

December 22, 2020December 22, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 restrictions, COVID-19 transmission, Doug Ford, Dr. Kieran Moore, KFL&A Public Health, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), lockdown, non-essential travel, Ontario, Ontario government

Kingston’s Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Kieran Moore, said local politicians could lobby the province to reduce the COVID-19 lockdown

Update on COVID-19 cases at local CSC institutions

December 22, 2020December 22, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments Correctional Service Canada (CSC), COVID-19, covid-19 outbreak, COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 testing, Dr. Kieran Moore, Joyceville Institution, Joyceville Penitentiary, KFL&A Public Health, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA)

Correctional Services Canada has updated their COVID-19 dashboard to reveal growing case numbers at local prisons. According to CSC, there

Ontario, KFL&A Public Health region, go into lockdown on Boxing Day

December 21, 2020December 21, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments childcare, childcare centres, COVID-19, COVID-19 cases, COVID-19 pandemic, curbside pickup, delivery, hospital capacity, hospitalization, ICU capacity, Intensive Care Unit (ICU), KFLA Public Health, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), lockdown, Ontario, Orange level, Premier Doug Ford, Province of Ontario, restaurant, restaurant (closed), retail, schools

The Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington (KFL&A) Public Health region will join the rest of Southern Ontario on Boxing Day

Kingston to move into Orange Level of COVID-19 restrictions

December 18, 2020December 18, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments covid-19 outbreak, COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 restrictions, Dr. Kieran Moore, KFL&A Public Health, Kingston, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), Medical Officer of Health, Ontario government, Orange level, Yellow level

The Provincial government has announced that the Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington (KFL&A) Public Health region will move into the

New COVID-19 cases confirmed by ALCDSB schools

December 18, 2020December 18, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments Algonquin & Lakeshore Catholic District School Board, COVID-19, COVID-19 case in school, COVID-19 pandemic, Ecole Catholique Cathedrale (ECC), Holy Cross Secondary School, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), Minister Stephen Lecce, Regiopolis-Notre Dame Catholic High School

Three schools in the Algonquin & Lakeshore Catholic District School Board (ALCDSB) have confirmed COVID-19 cases in the past 48

Queen’s University off-campus cases continue to rise

December 18, 2020December 18, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments COVID-19 cases, covid-19 outbreak, COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 testing, Dr. Kieran Moore, house parties, KFL&A Public Health, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), Medical Officer of Health, Non-Academic Misconduct Office (NAMIO), off-campus COVID-19 case, outbreak, percent positivity rate, Queen's University

Queen’s University has updated their COVID-19 dashboard to confirm that 15 individuals have tested positive for COVID-19 in their off-campus

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