covid-19 in hamilton

• Hamilton’s West End Urgent Care Clinic reopens as COVID-19 cases decline in local hospitals

  Hamilton's West End Urgent Care Clinic, closed in mid-January in order to deploy much-needed staff to acute care wards amid a spike in COVID Omicron cases, is reopening.

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  Mar 23
  
• COVID-19: Hamilton councillors repeal physical distancing, face coverings bylaws

  At a special meeting a two year face covering and physical distancing rule were nixed "in alignment" with the Ford government's “Living with and Managing COVID-19” plan.

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  Mar 21
  
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• Hamilton councillors to meet Monday to consider repealing physical distancing, face coverings bylaws

  A special meeting on Monday will address the future of a pair of rules tied to the pandemic.

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  Mar 17
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• COVID-19: Hamilton ‘reviewing’ implications of province’s decision to lift mask mandate

  Hamilton's COVID infection indicators continued to decline month over month, with the city's hospitals reporting 100 less patients compared to 28 days ago.

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  Mar 10
• COVID-19: End of 2 more public health measures in Ontario supported by the numbers, experts say

  Both Hamilton hospital networks are reporting fewer than five COVID-19 patients each in their ICUs as of Tuesday.

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  Mar 1
• Masks likely around ‘for a while’ in Hamilton as Ontario sets March for review of mandate

  Ontario's chief medical officer says the province will be reviewing the effectiveness of masks, but they'll still be needed as the COVID-19 proof of vaccination rule ends March 1.

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  Feb 22
• ‘It’s likely going to be months’ to get back to pre-pandemic surgical activity, says Hamilton doc

  A top doctor at Hamilton GeneralHospital says despite COVID-19 restrictions on procedures being lifted, they're only operating at 50 to 60 per cent of surgical activity levels.

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  Feb 16
• ‘Occupancy pressures’ holding back Hamilton hospital from resuming non-urgent procedures

  Despite Ontario easing COVID-19 safety measures, including a directive pausing non-urgent surgeries, Hamilton Health Sciences says it won't be 'business as usual' for them.

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  Feb 10
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• St. Joe’s Hamilton resumes normal hours at east end urgent care clinic

  One of Hamilton’s urgent care clinics returned to normal hours on Wednesday after redeploying staff amid the recent COVID-19 surge fuelled by the Omicron variant. St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton’s Urgent Care Centre on King Street East will once again operate between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m. daily. The facility had been only operating late afternoon and...

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  Feb 9
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• COVID-19: Resumption of some non-urgent surgeries likely ‘weeks away’, according to Hamilton hospitals

  Over 200 COVID patients are in city hospitals with 29 in ICUs. The networks also transferred another four patients to other facilities across Ontario over the weekend.

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  Feb 7