Dr. Joyce Lock, medical officer of health for Southwestern Public Health, told health board members at a meeting Thursday, May 6, she expected the current provincial COVID-19 shutdown would continue past the current end date of May 20. The third wave of the pandemic “has been a really tough haul, but we’re heading in the…
Southwestern Public Health reported an outbreak of new COVID-19 cases at Tillsonburg District Memorial Hospital on Thursday, May 6. Three patients and two staff members were ill with the virus, the health unit stated. Only one other institutional outbreak is being tracked by the health unit in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford at this time,…
Southwestern Public Health announced Wednesday, May 5, that anyone in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford who was 50 or older could start registering beginning Thursday, May 6, for appointments at mass vaccination clinics conducted by the health unit. Previously, the minimum age was 55, except in the N5H postal code “hot spot” in Aylmer and…
Despite being declared a “provincial hot spot” for COVID-19 and receiving an additional allocation of vaccine for the virus, the percentage of the population in the N5H postal code—that’s all of Aylmer and much of Malahide—that had received at least one dose stood at just 17.9 percent as of April 25. That information was revealed…
Southwestern Public Health reported 11 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Wednesday, May 5, down slightly from 12 on Tuesday. The health unit is now tracking 126 ongoing cases of the virus, down from 136 Tuesday. St. Thomas and area decreased to 27 ongoing cases Wednesday from 31 Tuesday…
Southwestern Public Health, in a weekly COVID-19 surveillance report issued Monday, May 3, announced that about a third of all adults in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford had so far received at least one dose of vaccine for the virus. The health unit has set a goal of vaccinating 150,000 adults, or three-quarters of the…
Southwestern Public Health was reporting 12 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Tuesday, May 4. While new cases were down, the health unit announced that 11 Southwestern residents were hospitalized, including four in Intensive Care Units. The health unit is tracking 136 ongoing cases of COVID-19 in the region,…
Southwestern Public Health announced on Monday, May 3, that 44 new cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Woodstock had been confirmed over the weekend. The health unit was tracking 140 ongoing cases of COVID-19 as of Monday, up from 138 on Friday. St. Thomas and area rose to 32 ongoing cases Monday from…
Southwestern Public Health announced on Monday morning, May 3, that everyone 18 and older residing in the N5H postal code, including all of Aylmer and much of Malahide, could now register for immunization against COVID-19 at one of the health unit’s mass vaccination clinics. Anyone doing so must be prepared to show proof of age…
Aylmer Police Chief Zvonko Horvat reported Monday, May 3, that after another in-person service at Aylmer Church of God Restoration on Sunday, May 2, charges were pending against the church corporation and those involved in organizing the event. Police, in anticipation of breaches of Ontario’s COVID-19 emergency restrictions, were in the area of the church…
Southwestern Public Health reported 14 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Friday, April 30, including the 500th in Aylmer and area since the pandemic began. Aylmer and area ranks only behind Woodstock and St. Thomas, much larger communities, in the cumulative case count. The health unit is now tracking…
Justice Bruce Thomas in St. Thomas Superior Court of Justice on Friday morning, April 30 found in contempt: the Church of God (Restoration) as a corporation; Pastor Henry Hildebrandt; and Peter Wall, an assistant pastor and church director. Judge Thomas dismissed an application of contempt against church director Peter Hildebrandt. The findings were in response…