Days after declaring a COVID-19 outbreak at the Elgin Middlesex Detention Centre, the Middlesex-London Health Unit is reporting two additional staff cases and…
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With the London-area running more COVID-19 deaths this month than in the entire first wave of the pandemic, most of them in long-term care, health officials are looking into whether a more contagious mutation of the virus could be the culprit in the hardest-hit care homes.
The Middlesex-London Health Unit has requested variant testing on swabs from some homes dealing with massive deadly outbreaks, medical officer of health Chris Mackie said Thursday.
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Author of the article: Jennifer Bieman
Publishing date: Dec 23, 2020 • January 4, 2021 • 5 minute read • Karen Dann, a registered nurse at a local long-term care home, on Wednesday was given the very first COVID-19 vaccine in London. It was administered by public health nurse Tracy Benedict at the city s field hospital, set up at Western Fair. (Mike Hensen/The London Free Press)
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Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story said Karen Dann was a registered nurse, based on information supplied by the Middlesex-London Health Unit and London Health Sciences Centre. According to the College of Nurses of Ontario, Dann’s licence expired in 2016.
A registered nurse who works at a care home in Komoka became the first London-area resident to be vaccinated for COVID-19 on Wednesday, the first step in what will be a long program to inoculate the population against the deadly virus.