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Masks now mandatory in indoor public settings in KFL&A

June 26, 2020June 26, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments Bryan Paterson, coronavirus, COVID-19, Dr. Kieran Moore, face masks, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), masks, outbreak, pandemic, personal protective equipment (PPE), Public Health

Kingston’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Kieran Moore has issued a public health order making masks mandatory inside any indoor public

Fort Henry, Upper Canada Village, set to reopen

June 26, 2020June 26, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments COVID-19, Fort Henry, historic site, history, Kingston, Morrisburg, opening, pandemic, personal protective equipment (PPE), St. Lawrence Parks Commission, tourism, tourists, Upper Canada Village

The St. Lawrence Parks Commission (SLPC) has announced its historic sites, Fort Henry and Upper Canada Village will reopen Wednesday,

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Queen’s med student group 3D print 15,000 pieces of PPE

June 15, 2020June 15, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments 3D PPE Kingston, 3D printed PPE, 3D printers, Catherine Spagnuolo, Clinical Simulation Centre, isolation tents, Jeremy Babcock, Kingston, Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), medical students, not-for-profit, personal protective equipment (PPE), Queen's University, volunteers

A group of Queen’s University medical students who started making personal protective equipment (PPE) on a 3D printer in April,

Layers of PPE now ‘second nature’ to Frontenac Paramedics

May 28, 2020May 28, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments ATV accidents, car accidents, Christopher Thind, coronavirus, County of Frontenac, COVID-19, emergency calls during the pandemic, face masks, face shields, Frontenac Paramedic Services, Frontenac Paramedic teddy bears, full-body Tyvek hazmat suits, Jeff Burgess, Kingston, pandemic, Paramedic Services Week, personal protective equipment (PPE), Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, surgical gowns, Tania Mcdermott

Gloves, gown, goggles, mask. Possibly a hair net and a face shield, or even a full, impermeable body suit. During

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CUPE calls on government to extend benefits to front-line workers

May 15, 2020May 15, 2020 Jemma Dooreleyers 0 Comments Barb DeRoche, Canadian Union of Public Employees, COVID-19, CUPE, equal pay, hospital staff, hospital workers, Kingston, Kingston General Hospital (KGH), Ontario government, pandemic, pay equity, personal protective equipment (PPE), protest, Strike

Members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 1974 protested outside of Kingston General Hospital (KGH) at various points of

Surveillance testing taking place at long-term care homes in KFL&A

May 4, 2020May 4, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments asymptomatic, COVID-19, COVID-19 test supply, COVID-19 testing, Kelly Monaghan, Kingston, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), long-term care home, Ontario Ministry of Health, personal protective equipment (PPE), PPE supply, surveillance testing

Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington (KFL&A) Public Health is working with the long-term care homes in the region to assist