TORONTO Peel Region residents aged 50 and over can start booking their COVID-19 vaccine appointments this week. Starting on Friday, Peel residents born in 1971 and earlier can start booking their vaccinations at participating hospitals, community sites and mass immunization clinics. Dr. Lawrence Loh, Peel’s chief medical officer of health, made the announcement on Wednesday morning during Brampton’s COVID-19 update. Those in this age group living in identified hot spots can book on Peel Region s website or by calling 905-791-5202. Eligible postal codes in these hot spots include: • Brampton: L69, L6R, L6S, L6T, L7C, L6V, L6W, L6X, L6Y, L6Z, L7A
Last Updated Friday, April 9, 2021 10:39AM EDT Peel Region residents aged 50 and over can start booking their COVID-19 vaccine appointments this week. Starting on Friday, Peel residents born in 1971 and earlier can start booking their vaccinations at participating hospitals, community sites and mass immunization clinics. Dr. Lawrence Loh, Peel’s chief medical officer of health, made the announcement on Wednesday morning during Brampton’s COVID-19 update. “I want to be clear that moving quickly down the age brackets will be the fastest and most effective way to ensure that we get Peel vaccinated in the least amount of time,” he said.
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During the Easter long weekend, including Monday, roads were jammed, families gathered and shopped and the playgrounds were full of children.
Then, just like that, the hammer came down.
Dr. Lawrence Loh, Peel Region’s medical officer of health, on Monday announced the closure of in-class learning for the next two weeks without even giving parents a full-day’s notice to prepare for the sudden change.
Speaking with Ryan Doyle and Jay Michaels on Newstalk 1010’s The Rush, Loh explained “heading into the long weekend there was a lot of discussion and chatter” and “both our English school boards requested parents take their things home for the children in anticipation of this … My own children brought their own stuff home.”
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Canadian health officials shut Amazon warehouse after mass COVID-19 outbreak
Public health authorities ordered an Amazon fulfilment centre in Brampton, Ontario, to shut down for 14 days Friday, following a massive COVID-19 outbreak that has infected 240 workers in recent weeks. At least 10 cases at the facility, located in the Greater Toronto Area that has 6.2 million residents, have been linked to the new variants of the virus that are more contagious and lethal.
Demonstrating its utter contempt for the lives and safety of its employees, the company released a statement shortly after its doors were shuttered announcing it would appeal the shutdown order. Amazon spokesman Dave Bauer rejected the notion that “the data supports this closure,” citing recent test positivity rates of “less than one percent.”