Covid Ontario
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Lack of Ontario long COVID strategy risks care: ministry documentsIn the absence of a co-ordinated provincial strategy, hospitals have established long COVID clinics, but they have mostly relied on redeployed resources and shifting funding.HealthMay 3
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High-risk people should get next COVID boosters this spring: Ontario’s top doctorOntario's chief medical officer of health says people who are at greater risk of severe COVID-19 infection should get their next vaccine booster shot this spring.HealthApr 6
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Ontario study finds ‘circular hockey hub’ COVID vaccine clinic most efficient modelThe hockey hub model sees the client sit in one chair and have staff come by to complete registration, medical screening, vaccination and observation time all in the same place.HealthMar 6
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Masking alone wouldn’t have eased Ontario’s respiratory virus surge in the fall: PHO documentIntroducing a mask mandate when respiratory viruses surged in the fall may not have eased the crush on pediatric hospitals, a Public Health Ontario science brief concludes.HealthFeb 6
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Ontario launches fee code for treating patients with long COVIDThe ministry said the code can be used when treating patients with suspected or confirmed long COVID, which is also known as post-COVID-19 condition.HealthJan 27
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Ontario through worst of respiratory virus season, chief medical officer saysOntario is through the worst of the respiratory virus season, with the three major viral threats on the decline, though a more transmissible variant may lead to a spring wave.HealthJan 26
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Top doctor says Ontario ‘must remain vigilant’ past flu peak, COVID variant advancesOntario's top doctor says even though COVID-19 and flu activity is declining, the province ``must remain vigilant'' as a more transmissible variant gains ground.HealthJan 26
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As wastewater testing at Toronto Pearson airport expands, it becomes more challenging: researcherThe wastewater monitoring project conducted by the universities of Guelph and Waterloo at Pearson Toronto Airport is entering it’s second year, but has gotten more complicated.CanadaJan 23
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Ontario children aged 5 to 11 eligible for COVID-19 bivalent boosterThe COVID-19 bivalent booster shots will be available to Ontario children aged five to 11 starting on Dec. 21.HealthDec 15, 2022
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Time for Ontario to reinstate mask mandates: ex science table adviser'Personally, I would say that the criteria to require something like a mask mandate is clearly here,' said Razak, an internist at St. Michael's Hospital.HealthOct 28, 2022
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