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Canada is scaling back its COVID-19 vaccination efforts because of a looming shortage of shots, with some provinces ordering a halt to nearly all first-dose appointments outside of the country’s hard-hit seniors’ facilities.
Provincial governments, hospital executives and local public-health officials spent the weekend scrambling to ration doses after vaccine-maker Pfizer-BioNTech announced on Friday that it would halve shipments to Canada in late January and the first three weeks of February while the company expands a manufacturing plant in Belgium.
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Jan 12, 2021 11:53 AM
If the Peterborough Regional Health Centre needs extra space, the Evinrude Centre could serve as a valuable location.
Vice-president and chief of staff, Dr. Lynn Mikula, says they have plans in place in the event of a major surge, which at this point, hasn’t happened.
Dr. Mikula says the centre has 28 ICU beds and if needed, and has space to add 24 more.
President and CEO, Dr. Peter McLaughlin, gave a presentation to General Committee last night on the situation. To read more about that, click here.
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Peterborough Police are searching for two potential suspects after an armed home robbery.
Last night around 11:15, Peterborough Police were called to an address on Aylmer Street North after the homeowner reported an unknown man and woman entered his home, threatened him with a knife and left with his wallet, money and cigarettes.
The male suspect is described as:
-Slim build, 5’10 about 180lbs
-Wearing a hoodie, grey pants, and a mask
The female suspect is described as:
-Slim build, 5’8
The victim was taken to Peterborough Regional Health Centre as a precaution.
Anyone with information is asked to call police at 705-876-1122 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
A 37-year-old Peterborough man is facing numerous charges after a domestic incident.
Around 9:45 p.m., police say the accused had allegedly broken a window to get into a home, and then threatened a male and a female victim with a knife and engaged in a physical altercation with the male victim.
He has been charged with several charges including: break and enter and assault with a weapon.
The victims received minor injuries and were treated and released from Peterborough Regional Health Centre.
In order to protect the identity of the victims in this domestic incident the name of the accused will not be released.