Horwath pressures Ford to ‘step up’ vaccinations for long-term care
Opposition leader Andrea Horwath said the provincial government needs more urgency when it comes to getting the COVID-19 vaccine to long-term care homes across the province.
Jan 6, 2021 1:40 PM By: Doug Diaczuk
NDP leader Andrea Horwath. (File).
THUNDER BAY - The leader of the opposition in Ontario is calling on the Ford government to accelerate vaccinations in long-term care homes across the province.
NDP leader Andrea Horwath held a media conference on Wednesday where she called the provincial government to ‘get the game in action.’
“What we are saying to the premier today is he has to pull out all the stops. He has to get the game in action,” Horwath said. “It’s unbelievable we have no urgency whatsoever from this government yet again.”
COVID-19 vaccination is well underway at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, with around 350 people immunized so far.
Hospital CEO Rhonda Crocker-Ellacott explains they’re focusing on some of the people most likely to be exposed to the virus at work.
“We’ve vaccinated healthcare workers doing direct care in long-term care, and vaccinators destined for remote northern communities through the provincial Northern Remote Vaccine Strategy,” Crocker-Ellacott says, which she explains includes emergency medical services and medical transport workers.
She says right now, they’re limited by how many doses they have on hand, and hope to receive more shipments of the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine this month. Crocker-Ellacott says the demand for the vaccine is high.
First baby of 2021 a girl
Rylee Evelyn Beda was born at 2:04 a.m. at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre.
Jan 1, 2021 12:21 PM By: Leith Dunick
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THUNDER BAY – The city’s first baby of 2021 is a girl.
Rylee Evelyn Beda was born at 2:04 a.m. on Friday to parents Ashley and Kevin Beda at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre. Rylee is the couple’s second child, joining big brother Nicholas, who was born two-and-a-half years ago.
Baby and mother are doing fine and expected to head home from hospital on Saturday.
Ashley Beda said having a baby during a pandemic wasn’t that out of the ordinary.
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NIPIGON – A Thunder Bay man, 22-year-old Vincent Stolz will celebrate New Years Eve in custody. OPP from Nipigon report that on December 30, 2020 at approximately 2:00 am EST, officers with assistance from the Dorion and Hurkett Volunteer Fire Departments and Superior North Emergency Medical Services (EMS) responded to a single motor vehicle roll over on Highway 11&17 in the Township of Dorion.
The OPP investigation determined the driver to be impaired by drug and the vehicle to have been stolen from Thunder Bay.
During the arrest the STOLZ assaulted one of the arresting officers.
STOLZ was subsequently arrested and transported to Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre with non-life threatening injuries.
Thunder Bay regional hospital continuing COVID-19 vaccinations, expecting more doses in January
About 300 people have received COVID-19 vaccine at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre since the first dose was administered last week.
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Posted: Dec 31, 2020 2:16 PM ET | Last Updated: December 31, 2020
About 300 people have been provided with a dose of COVID-19 vaccine at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, which was selected as a distribution site of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.(Jeff Walters/CBC)
About 300 people have received COVID-19 vaccine at the Thunder Bay regional hospital since the first dose was administered last week.
The Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre became the first facility in northern Ontario to provide the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, beginning on Dec. 22.