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…
Southwestern Public Health announced Thursday, April 29, that as of Friday, anyone in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford 55 or older in 2021 could book an appointment for a COVID-19 immunization at a mass-vaccination clinic in St. Thomas, Tillsonburg and Woodstock. Previously, the minimum age had been 60. Next week, the health unit said, a…
Southwestern Public Health reported 19 new cases of COVID-19 had been confirmed in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Thursday, April 29, up from 13 the previous day. The number of ongoing cases remains unchanged at 141. St. Thomas and area decreased to 27 ongoing cases on Thursday from 30 on Wednesday and Dutton Dunwich…
A “pop-up” one-day COVID-19 vaccination clinic planned for Aylmer on Thursday, May 6, still has about 100 appointments available on a “first-come, first-served” basis, Southwestern Public Health announced on Thursday, April 29. The clinic is being held in partnership with the East Elgin Family Health Team, and is focused on two priority groups. Anyone residing…
The Ontario government has announced it will reimburse employers up to $200 a day for up to three days of paid sick leave for employees who miss work due to COVID-19. The program will be retroactive to April 19, and continue until Sept. 25, 2021. That’s the same day the federal government’s Canada Recovery Sickness…
Southwestern Public Health announced Wednesday afternoon, April 28, that childcare workers 18 and older employed in licensed childcare centres were now eligible to received the COVID-19 vaccine at the health unit’s mass vaccination clinics in St. Thomas, Tillsonburg and Woodstock. Southwestern noted that eligibility was expected to be expanded in the near future by the…