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Starting Friday, residents at Extendicare in Haliburton will be getting their first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
Dr. Norm Bottum with the Haliburton Highlands Family Health Team says all residents will be immunized. “As well there will be a few extra doses that are being given to some of the older staff that work closely with the residents,” he adds.
Bottum joined Rick Lowes on the 93.5 Moose FM morning show to break the news.
“I was told this morning that Highland Wood and Highland Crest were initially scheduled for later next week but with a limited supply of vaccine, they will be postponed,” he says, adding a new date has not been scheduled.
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Local health unit provides clarification on when businesses can reopen
The Echo has received several questions in recent weeks, asking when local businesses will be able to reopen. Bernie Mayer, manager of health protection with the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit offered these answers.
Q) Initially, businesses were to be able to reopen on Jan. 23 after the Dec. 26 lockdown measures – is that still possible, or does the state of emergency/stay-at-home order trump that?
Currently, we are dealing with a number of different pieces of provincial legislation and orders. All work in combination to help control the spread of COVID-19, and each must be complied with.
The first doses of COVID-19 vaccine arrived in the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge region on Monday.
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By Mike Baker
The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit received its first allocation of COVID-19 vaccine on Monday evening, with staff planning to start vaccinating residents of the area’s long-term care homes this week.
The local unit received 700 doses of the Moderna vaccine, with more potentially on the way next week. The vaccines are being stored at Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay, and will be delivered to long-term care homes by the local health unit.
“This is the day we have been waiting for,” said Dr. Ian Gemmill, acting medical officer of health for the HKPR district health unit. “We have been working with our local hospital partners and our long-term care and retirement homes to work out the logistics of getting this vaccine into as many arms as quickly as possible.”
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More than 100,000 students from across Ontario returned to in-person learning on Monday morning [Jan. 25], including those from Haliburton County’s five elementary schools and one high school.
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Home /First doses of COVID-19 vaccine arrive in health unit region
COVID-1927 January 2021
By Mike Baker
The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit received its first allocation of COVID-19 vaccine on Monday evening, with staff planning to start vaccinating residents of the area’s long-term care homes this week.
The local unit received 700 doses of the Moderna vaccine, with more potentially on the way next week. The vaccines are being stored at Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay, and will be delivered to long-term care homes by the local health unit.
“This is the day we have been waiting for,” said Dr. Ian Gemmill, acting medical officer of health for the HKPR district health unit. “We have been working with our local hospital partners and our long-term care and retirement homes to work out the logistics of getting this vaccine into as many arms as quickly as possible.”