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.
Five new COVID-19 cases announced, two more deaths
Another 10 cases are considered resolved, bringing the district s active total to 70, the lowest it s been since Nov. 28, when there were 67.
Dec 31, 2020 10:26 AM By: Leith Dunick
A COVID-19 test kit. (Leith Dunick, tbnewswatch.com)
THUNDER BAY – Thunder Bay’s COVID-19 case count has grown by five and the death count has grown by two.
The two deaths are attributed to an ongoing outbreak at Southbridge Roseview nursing home.
The Thunder Bay District Health Unit on Thursday said three of the cases are considered close contact and two are pending. All five are considered to live in Thunder Bay and surrounding areas, which includes a number of nearby neighbouring communities, such as Oliver Paipoonge and Conmee Township.
TBDHU Reports Case Numbers Down to 68 Active
Thunder Bay – COVID-19 Update – The Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) is reporting 5 new COVID-19 cases in residents in the TBDHU Region.
This brings the current active cases is 68. This is a drop overall of ten cases in the past twenty-four hours.
Three of the cases are from close contact. Two are pending. All of the cases are in the Thunder Bay and surrounding communities.
Sadly there are two more deaths from the virus. The deaths are at the Southbridge Roseview Long-Term care facility.
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2 more residents of Thunder Bay long-term care home dead from COVID-19
In a COVID-19 outbreak since mid-November, the Southbridge Roseview facility has had a total of 19 residents die from the virus, accounting for all but two of the 21 deaths in the Thunder Bay District.
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Two resident deaths at the Southbridge Roseview long-term care home in Thunder Bay were reported on Thursday. Nineteen residents of the home have died from COVID-19.(Matt Vis/CBC)
Two more residents of a Thunder Bay long-term care home have died from COVID-19.
The latest resident deaths at the Southbridge Roseview long-term care home were listed in a Thursday morning update posted on the home s website.
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Thunder Bay – LIVING – Thunder Bay has a growing number of International students. Students attending Lakehead University and Confederation college from across the globe are studying here in our city.
The holiday season, especially this year with the COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown in Ontario has presented some severe challenges for international students. Being far from home is hard enough.
2020 however with the pandemic and the provincial lockdown, means greater challenges.
However, working with a determined team of volunteers, the decision was made to go forward with the dinner. However with COVID-19 there are a lot of needed changes.
Seriously enforced social distancing, teams at The Hub’s Pick-Up Window who are all from the same household, masks, face shields and gloves for all the team along with advice from the Thunder Bay District Health Unit helped ensure the dinner could move forward this year.