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Just eight new cases over weekend
Southwestern Public Health announced Monday, June 7, that eight new cases of COVID-19 had been confirmed in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford over the weekend, or an average of less than three a day. The number of ongoing cases dropped to 30 Monday from 42 on Friday. Ongoing cases in St. Thomas and area remained…
Read MoreGarden Club holds annual plant sale
Members of the Aylmer and District Horticultural Society held their annual plant sale at Palmer Park in Aylmer on Saturday morning, June 5. The event is the garden club’s major annual fundraiser. (AE/Rob Perry)
Read MoreSouthwestern: how to re-book for earlier second dose
Southwestern Public Health announced late Friday, June 4, how residents 80 and over in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford would be able to move up their appointments for their second doses of COVID-19 vaccine. The provincial government recently announced that most Ontarians wouldn’t necessarily have to wait a full four months before getting their booster…
Read MoreDecline slows, but trend still downwards
Southwestern Public Health reported four new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Friday, June 4, the same number as the previous day. The number of ongoing cases in the region being tracked by the health unit continues to inch downward, declining to 42 on Friday from 43 Thursday. The number…
Read MoreChurch of God charged again
Aylmer Police Chief Zvonko Horvat reported on Thursday, June 3, that charges had again been laid against the Church of God Restoration in Aylmer for holding an outdoor service, ignoring COVID-19 emergency orders forbidding such gatherings, on Sunday, May 30. An Aylmer man, 57, and a Stirling man, 36, were also charged with failing to…
Read MoreFour new cases on Thursday, June 3
Southwestern Public Health reported that four new cases of COVID-19 had been confirmed in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Thursday, June 3, up slightly from three the previous day. The health unit is now tracking 43 ongoing cases, down from 48 Wednesday. West Elgin increased to two ongoing cases Thursday from one on Wednesday,…
Read MoreSchools ordered to stay shut, but outdoor graduations urged
Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced Wednesday, June 2, that all elementary and secondary schools in Ontario would remain closed to in-person learning until September. He also encouraged all those schools to organize outdoor graduations for all of their students, not just those in Grades 8 and 12 as usual in the past, now that the…
Read MoreTwo more COVID-19 deaths
While the number of new and ongoing confirmed cases of COVID-19 wanes in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford, the virus-linked deaths of two Oxford women in their 70s announced by Southwestern Public Health on Wednesday, June 2, serves as a grim reminder of the ongoing dangers of the pandemic. Those deaths bring the total so…
Read MoreNo cases in Aylmer and area
Southwestern Public Health was reporting only four new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Elgin, St. Thomas and Oxford on Tuesday, June 1. Over the weekend, the average was just under nine a day. Ongoing cases being tracked by the health unit dropped to 49 Tuesday from 52 Monday, and none of them were in Aylmer…
Read MoreRebooking for earlier appointments to start June 7
Southwestern Public Health, reacting to the Ontario government’s announcement it would speed up the process of received a second, booster COVID-19 vaccination to less than the four months originally expected, said a system to re-book second appointments would be ready to go on June 7. Currently, those 80 and older are eligible to book earlier…
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