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Apr 3, 2021 7:02 AM
The Mayor of Sioux Lookout is asking everyone to remain vigilant as COVID vaccinations are on hold right now due to a shortage in Moderna doses in our area.
Doug Lawrance is a member of the Municipal COVID Coordination Committee and says they have met four times.
Lawrance notes the vaccination rollout is complex and unpredictable.
He also delivered an important message in a video address to the community.
“We do need to remember to be patient. To be patient to wait our turn to be vaccinated. And to be patient and kind to our public health workers and others who are themselves navigating a situation and system that is constantly changing.”
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COVID-19 has taken another life in the Thunder Bay District as the Health Unit confirms 26 new cases. We have now seen 53 deaths from the virus. Anoth.
Officials report Thursday that there are 23 new cases of coronavirus and 29 more resolved ones.
The numbers put the active case count at 210:
Seven people got the virus while at home from someone else
Seven others got it from outside the house
One case was obtained through travel outside of Northwestern Ontario
Three are still waiting for results of how they got it
When it comes to the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, officials say seven of the 21 patients that they are treating for COVID-19 are in the Intensive Care Unit.
In Ontario Thursday 2,557 new cases to go along with 23 deaths.
A look into one of Sault Area Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU) rooms. (Darren Taylor/SooToday)
THUNDER BAY – A group of intensive care unit doctors from across the province, including several at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, are pleading with the province for tighter restrictions to prevent the further spread of COVID-19.
If not, they could be faced with the possibility of having to triage the critically ill and make life-or-death decisions with patients’ lives, determining who gets palliative care and who dies.
The letter signed by 135 physicians, says ICU capacity should not be the benchmark for the tolerance of COVID-19 spread, adding immediate measures are needed to regain control of the pandemic and save lives.