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Article content There was no shortage of COVID-19-related news on the weekend, and Eastern Ontario Health Unit medical officer of health Dr. Paul Roumeliotis discussed quite a lot of it during his Monday afternoon media briefing. He spoke about some of the measures added by the province on Friday, and tweaked on the weekend, the doctor noting playgrounds were off-limits, but only briefly. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. What about private driveways? A media member from the Ottawa area asked about a report that a couple, in their own driveway in Ro...

Also as part of the ramp-up will be mobile clinics over the next few weeks at seniors’ apartments and homes, with planning for that effort already underway. Hospitals in Cornwall and Hawkesbury have been vaccinating, and the doctor said Glengarry and Winchester will start soon. Six pharmacies across the region will have vaccinations available; the doctor said it’s still uncertain when that will be available in Cornwall, and that, currently, only Cornwall FreshCo has bookings available. In what might be considered a lighter moment at his news conference, the doctor told reporters that a da...

Two pharmacies in Cornwall added to provincial list, but you can't book appointments for a vaccine there yet.

Article content The Eastern Ontario Health Unit confirmed 35 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday afternoon, continuing a trend of daily double-digit increases underway since mid-March. Of the 35 new cases disclosed Tuesday, 12 are in Cornwall, one in North Glengarry, one in South Stormont, two in North Stormont, three in North Dundas, one in Casselman, four in The Nation, three in Champlain, two in Alfred & Plantagenet, and seven in Clarence-Rockland. The EOHU also removed a case from the tally in Hawkesbury. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. EOHU pos...