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  LONDON, ONT. -- Lambton Public Health is dealing with a pair of COVID-19 outbreaks at a long-term care home and a retirement home in Sarnia. A staff member tested positive at Lanndmark Village Retirement Home and at Trillium Villa Long Term Care Community. Outbreaks are declared when one or more residents or employees test positive for the virus. “The individuals who tested positive have been notified of their results,” says Jennifer Beaubien, Family Health Supervisor for Lambton Public Health. “LPH is continuing to conduct case and contact management as part of the investigati...

Article content COVID-19 outbreaks were declared Friday at a long-term care facility and a retirement home, both in Sarnia. Lambton public health said it received lab-confirmed positive test results for one employee at Trillium Villa Long-Term Care Community and one employee at Landmark Village Retirement Home. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Feb. 13: New COVID-19 outbreaks declared in Sarnia Back to video A long-term care or other communal living setting outbreak is declared by the public health agency when there is one or more lab-confirmed CO...

Point Edward, Wyoming, Forest to host first vaccine clinics Posted Journal Staff Point Edward, Wyoming and Forest have been selected to host the first fixed-site COVID-19 vaccination clinics when the time comes, the local Immunization Task Force says. Lambton Public Health is also working with Sarnia officials to pilot a drive-up option for people with mobility issues. The sites won’t become operational until more vaccines become available and will follow Ontario government guidelines for eligibility and priority groups, the task force said. The clinics will operate out of the Point Edward...

  MIDDLESEX CENTRE, ONT. -- The Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU) is reporting 38 new cases and one new death on Wednesday. The cases mark a jump from Monday and Tuesday's counts, which combined totalled 33 cases. The London region has now seen a total of 5,760 cases, with 3,831 resolved and 176 deaths, leaving 1,754 active cases. The death, a man in his 80s associated with a long-term care home, marks the first death reported this month. The last deaths were reported Jan. 29. The Thames Valley District School Board reported one new case late Tuesday at Kensal Park French Immersion P...

The Lambton COVID-19 Immunization Task Force is happy to report that the County received its first 500 doses o...