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…
Southwestern Public Health reported 13 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Wednesday, April 28, down from 20 on Tuesday. The number of ongoing cases being tracked by the health unit also fell, to 141 from 150. St. Thomas and area dropped to 30 ongoing cases Wednesday from 40 Tuesday.…
Effective immediately, anyone 45 and older residing in the “N5H” postal code is eligible to book at appointment for a COVID-19 vaccination from Southwestern Public Health. That includes all of Aylmer and much of Malahide. Southwestern announced that on Tuesday afternoon, April 27. Proof of age and home address is required in order to to…
Southwestern Public Health reported 20 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Tuesday, April 27. The number of ongoing cases is 150, down from 160 on Monday. St. Thomas and area decreased to 40 ongoing cases Tuesday from 44 Monday, Aylmer and area to six from seven and Bayham to…
Southwestern Public Health on Monday, April 26, announced 65 new cases of COVID-19 had been confirmed in Elgin, St. Thomas and Woodstock over the weekend, compared to 12 on Friday. Currently, the total number of ongoing cases being tracked in the region is at 160, up slightly from 159 Friday. The health unit also reported…
Three persons from Perth County have been charged in connection with an incident following an in-person service at Aylmer Church of God on Sunday, April 25. In a statement, Aylmer Police said that the service had been monitored by officers starting at 10:30 a.m. in anticipation of breaches of Ontario’s COVID-19 pandemic orders. “A large…
Aylmer Police arrested a man (in red-and-black jacket) after repeatedly telling him he was too close to them, across from Aylmer Church of God on Sunday afternoon, April 25. The man, who wasn’t wearing a face mask and had been inside the church, had been holding a cell phone close to the officers’ faces, demanding…
Southwestern Public Health announced on Friday morning, April 23, that a St. Thomas man in his 60s had died as a resulted of COVID-19. This is the 76th fatality since the pandemic started. The health unit also reported 12 new cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Friday, down from 26 the…