An person who visited the restaurant has now tested positive for the virus.
“While the risk to customers is relatively low, promptly identifying cases of COVID-19 is critical to slow the spread in our area. To avoid spreading illness to others, all individuals who visited Tim Hortons Picton on these dates must monitor for symptoms and seek testing if symptoms develop – even if symptoms are very mild,” said Dr. Oglaza, Medical Officer of Health and CEO with HPEPH.
The Tim Hortons location is currently closed to ensure that everything is properly sanitized.
Health officials are currently in the process of identifying and contacting all high risk contacts. Those individuals much self-isolate and get tested, and remain in isolation for a minimum of 14 days regardless of their test results.
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Belleville council has endorsed a call by Cambridge council in support of Ontario requiring employers to provide workers at least five paid sick days.
Councillors debated at length the issue during their Monday meeting. It stemmed from a resolution by the City of Cambridge asking Premier Doug Ford to take further action on sick days.
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An Ontario requirement of five days would give workers at least 10 paid sick days per year, the Cambridge resolution states. The number is still less than the 14-day isolation period for COVID-19.
OTTAWA Ottawa Public Health is reporting the death of a woman in her 20s from COVID-19, making her the youngest person in the city to succumb to the virus. The death was included in Tuesday s COVID-19 dashboard update. In a reponse to CTV News Ottawa, Ottawa Public Health would not provide any further details about the woman, citing medical privacy, but said her death is a reminder that the pandemic is still putting people at risk. We mourn all those who have died of COVID-19. Every death is tragedy. This is a sad day and a reminder of the impacts on the family and friends of the people who have died during the pandemic, the statement said.
OTTAWA Ottawa Public Health is reporting 143 more people in Ottawa have tested positive for COVID-19 and two more people have died. According to OPH s COVID-19 dashboard, there have been 25,363 total laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa since the first case was confirmed on March 11, 2020 and 523 residents have died. The daily case count Sunday was slightly higher than the 112 cases reported on Saturday, but weekly monitoring trends continue to see a downward decline, with the incidence rate per 100,000 population below 90. The estimated reproduction number, which measures how many additional people each person with COVID-19 infects, has been below 1 since the middle of April, which suggests that the spread of the virus is slowing down.