On Tuesday, January 12, PeopleCare Tavistock resident Earl Morrison was one of the first long-term care home residents in the Southwestern Public Health region to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Southwestern, in a statement, said, “This significant milestone in the region’s fight against the deadly virus resulted from a partnership among London Health Sciences Centre, Oxford…
Ontario Premier Doug Ford in a news conference on Wednesday, Jan. 13, said that despite the claims of some, no one should be confused about the new “stay at home” order that takes effect on Thursday. “It’s very simple. Stay home. Stay home. That’s all.” If the question was, “Should I go out?” he said,…
Southwestern Public Health on Wednesday, Jan. 13, announced that two additional deaths linked to COVID-19 had occurred at Maple Manor Nursing Home in Tillsonburg. Two Oxford men, 82 and 96, had died, bringing the total number of fatalities involving residents there to 13. The health unit reports 80 residents and 48 staff members remain infected…
Premier Doug Ford on Tuesday, Jan. 12, ordered all Ontarians to “stay at home” effective Thursday, Jan. 14. He said he has declared a new state of emergency for the province given the rapidly rising number of COVID-19 cases, the threat the health care system would be overwhelmed and an increasing number of deaths. Ontarians…
Southwestern Public Health announced three more deaths, all in Oxford, linked to COVID-19 on Tuesday morning, Jan. 12. They included two deaths at PeopleCare long-term care home in Tavistock, two women, one 96 and one 94, and one woman, 93 from the general population of Oxford. That brings the total number of deaths linked to…
Aylmer Police have charged Pastor Henry Hildebrandt with organizing an event exceeding pandemic restrictions at Aylmer Church of God on Wednesday, Jan. 6. Police Chief Zvonko Horvat said officers had sought to serve the church, represented by the pastor, with a similar charge from a Sunday service on Dec. 27. Pastor Hildebrandt asked police to…
Two more residents at Maple Manor Nursing Home in Tillsonburg have died after testing positive for COVID-19, an Oxford man, 86, and an Oxford woman, 94. That brings the total number of deaths there to 11, all residents. Eighty other residents and 45 staff members have so far contracted the virus since an outbreak started…
Eighty residents out of 92 at Maple Manor Nursing Home in Tillsonburg have confirmed cases of COVID-19, and nine more have died, meaning only three are still untouched by the virus. Southwestern Public Health announced Sunday, Jan. 10, the number of cases involving residents of the home had rising to 80 from 69 the previous…
Elgin County announced that a staff member at Terrace Lodge long-term care home in Malahide had tested positive for COVID-19. Currently, one other staff member is diagnosed with an ongoing case. Other previous staff cases at Terrace Lodge have been resolved. At Elgin Manor long-term care home in Southwold, two residents had previously been infected,…
Southwestern Public Health reported on Saturday, Jan. 9, that 69 residents of Maple Manor Nursing Home were infected with ongoing cases of COVID-19, up from 58 the previous day. The home has a capacity of 92 residents in total, and nine have died there. In addition, 43 staff members have COVID-19, up from 41 on…
Southwestern Public Health on Friday, Jan. 8, reported two more deaths linked to COVID-19 at the Maple Manor Nursing Home in Tillsonburg, bringing the total number of fatalities from an outbreak there to nine. The dead are both women, one in her 80s and one in her 90s. Currently, 58 residents and 41 staff members have…
The Ontario Ministry of Education announced on Thursday, Jan. 7, that elementary schoolchildren in Southern Ontario won’t go back to attending classes in person until Monday, Jan. 25. The move was in response to the “alarming rate” at which new COVID-19 cases were being confirmed across Ontario, the government said in a statement. Instead, pupils…