Community Spread

• Kingston MOH warns that COVID-19 may present as a mild cold

  Kingston's top doctor says local COVID-19 rates are among the highest in southern Ontario, as community spread continues to account for more than half of active cases.

  Health

  Dec 1, 2021
  
• COVID-19 spreading in Kingston community with no known exposure: health unit

  Dr. Piotr Oglaza, medical officer of health for KFL&A Public, says COVID-19 is spreading within the community and asks locals to get vaccinated and to stay home when sick.

  Canada

  Nov 16, 2021
  
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• Growing outbreak at Nova Scotia nursing home delays vaccine booster clinic for residents

  Residents and staff at East Cumberland Lodge are being tested every 72 hours to manage further spread of the virus.

  Health

  Nov 12, 2021
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• Parents concerned about growing number of exposure notices at École Mer et Monde

  Public health has told families only those identified as being close contacts have to isolate — not family members, even if there are other unvaccinated children in the household.

  Canada

  Oct 13, 2021
• 694 COVID-19 cases linked to N.S. schools as potential exposure sites

  The Nova Scotia Teachers Union president wants to know what the province's return to school will look like in the fall, given the hundreds of COVID-19 exposures linked to schools.

  Education

  Jul 15, 2021
• COVID-19: N.S. reporting 4 new cases in Central Zone

  Currently, there are 36 active cases in the province. Two people are in hospital, including one person in ICU. 

  Health

  Jul 11, 2021
• COVID by the community: new localized data shows virus levels in Calgary wastewater

  A joint research project between the University of Calgary, City of Calgary and Alberta Health Services monitoring COVID levels in wastewater is expanding.

  Science

  May 7, 2021
• Kingston’s medical officer of health warns of ‘widespread COVID-19 community activity’

  Kingston's medical officer of health is warning of widespread community transmission as the health unit reports 19 new cases of COVID-19 in KFL&A.

  Canada

  May 3, 2021
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• Even with community spread of COVID-19, voting in N.L.’s election is safe: experts

  Newfoundlanders and Labradorians will be heading to the polls days after health officials confirmed community spread of COVID-19 in the capital's metro region.

  Politics

  Feb 10, 2021
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• Newfoundland town shuts down amid COVID concerns as province stays out of bubble

  Both Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador have said they will stay out of the Atlantic Bubble for at least a little while longer.

  Health

  Dec 7, 2020