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On the same day Ford was pondering opening some economic gates, the CBC had Troy Day, a member of Ontario’s modelling table and a mathematician at Queen’s University, stating his latest modelling is suggesting the B117 variant, first identified in Great Britain, will become the dominant strain in Ontario within four to six weeks. At that point, case counts could rise again — even with existing restrictions — as scientists say that this variant is at least 30% more transmissible. So does this mean a further hunkering down? We apologize, but this video has failed to load. T...

The Northern bubble espoused by Greater Sudbury’s mayor is an eye-catching way to protect the North from the ravages of COVID-19.

Home /MOH says most of the nine LTC outbreaks are ‘situations’ COVID-1910 February 2021 By Sue Tiffin As of last Wednesday, the public health unit was responding to nine outbreaks at long-term care homes, including one at Hyland Crest in Minden where two essential caregivers tested positive. Gemmill said of the more than 140 cases that had been reported in the health unit’s region over the past two weeks – at the time of last Wednesday’s press conference – more than half of the cases were associated with outbreaks, and over half of those outbreak cases were associated with a tes...

Testing demonizes COVID-19

In that time, there have been 70 deaths attributed to the outbreak  — 66 confirmed and three considered probable, all residents. One essential caregiver associated with the 137-bed facility also died after contracting the virus.  Roberta Place community relations co-ordinator Stephanie Barber tells  BarrieToday that today’s numbers have stayed the same since Friday.  There have been no new COVID deaths since Feb. 2, and no new resident cases since Jan. 27. Current active staff/team member cases are down to 13 from the 16 reported on Friday. The figures for the Roberta Place o...