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18 and older in Aylmer and area eligible for vaccination
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…
Read MoreAnother service, more charges
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…
Read MoreAylmer and area reaches 500 cumulative cases of COVID-19
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…
Read MoreChurch of God found in contempt
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…
Read MoreVaccine eligibility age coming down–way down for Aylmer and area
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…
Read MoreNineteen new COVID-19 cases
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…
Read MoreStill some vaccine appointments available in Aylmer May 6
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…
Read MoreProvince announces paid sick leave program
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…
Read MoreWorkers in licensed childcare centres can get vaccinated
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…
Read MoreOngoing cases still decreasing
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.…
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