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Ontario is reporting 4,212 new COVID-19 infections and another 32 deaths as Premier Doug Ford remains in isolation.
Ford has tested negative, but is isolating after a member of his staff tested positive.
There are now 2,335 people in hospitals with COVID-19, including 790 people needing intensive care.
Meanwhile, Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health is reporting 79 new infections across the region 21 of them in Dufferin County.
KITCHENER Waterloo Region s top doctor said that there are no plans to lower the pre-registration age for COVID-19 vaccines. Councillors in Waterloo Region said they re now facing questions from residents who are asking if changes can be made to the priority groups currently eligible for vaccines. Medical Officer of Health Dr. Hsiu-Li Wang said vaccine supply is based on 75 per cent capacity per capita and 25 per cent on the number of local hot spots. She said there are no current plans to lower the age for vaccine pre-registration or change the priority groups. If you re going to make a decision to slightly change prioritization and move a certain group up, you re going to inevitably move another group down, Dr. Wang told a Committee on the Whole meeting on Tuesday. That isn t always evident. We just felt it makes more sense for us here locally to open up to groups that are next in line, so to speak, rather than all the groups. What WDG has done is open it up to ev
Dufferin County is offering free child care to essential workers.
While Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health issued an order to close all schools in the region, child care will remain open for preschool aged children, but licenced child care centres are prohibited from caring for school-aged children.
To support essential workers with school-aged children, the county is offering them free child care.
Eligibility details can be found at dufferincounty.ca
Waterloo region students told to prepare in case learning goes online after April break
Despite the move to online learning in other areas of Ontario, students in Waterloo region remain in the classroom this week, but the region s medical officer of health says that could change if case rates rise.
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Posted: Apr 08, 2021 10:14 AM ET | Last Updated: April 8
Jessica Lui helps her son with his online classroom. The Waterloo region s medical officer of health says parents and students should plan for a possible move to online learning after the April break.(Evan Mitsui/CBC)
April 8, 2021 · 0 Comments
By Paula Brown
The Town of Orangeville alongside all other municipalities in Ontario has moved into a four-week stay-at-home order, as the province declares its third state of emergency.
The Ontario government announced the state of emergency and stay-at-home-order in a press conference Wednesday (April 7) afternoon, as the number of cases of COVID-19 and hospitalization in the province continues to rise. The order went into effect Thursday (April 8) at 12:01 a.m., and will last at least four weeks.
“There is no doubt that this third wave has been different from anything we’ve faced so far. The risks are greater, and the stakes are higher,” said Premier Doug Ford, in a press conference on Wednesday.