Dr. Vera Etches

• Ottawa Public Health planning new COVID-19 booster site for teachers

  Ottawa Public Health is planning to open a new COVID-19 vaccination site catering to teachers and education workers this week in an effort to administer more booster doses.

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  Jan 4, 2022
  
• Lack of testing means COVID-19 levels in Ottawa ‘much beyond’ what’s reported: Dr. Etches

  Ottawa's medical officer of health Dr. Vera Etches believes actual spread of the COVID-19 is 'much beyond' what's being reported in daily case counts.

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  Dec 22, 2021
  
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• Here’s how Ottawa’s new COVID-19 measures overlap with Ontario’s restrictions

  Ottawa's medical officer of health is writing a letter of instruction to local businesses putting capacity limits of 50 per cent on a number of settings.

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  Dec 17, 2021
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• COVID-19: Lack of immunizers slowing Ottawa’s booster shot rollout, Etches says

  Ottawa Public Health is asking all available health workers in the city to come forward to help prop up capacity to administer COVID-19 booster shots as eligibility expands.

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  Dec 16, 2021
• COVID-19: 7 LCBOs in Ottawa to hand out rapid antigen tests Friday

  Ontario is eyeing 10 sites in Ottawa for rapid COVID-19 antigen test distribution next week, according to medical officer of health Dr. Vera Etches.

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  Dec 16, 2021
• Ottawa adds 199 new COVID-19 cases, 1 new death

  Ottawa Public Health reported nearly 200 new COVID-19 cases Thursday as the Omicron variant of concern rapidly spreads through the city.

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  Dec 16, 2021
• Ottawa Public Health shifting staff back to mass vaccination push amid Omicron spread

  Ottawa Public Health is calling its employees back to the front lines of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign as Omicron spreads rapidly in the city.

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  Dec 15, 2021
• COVID-19: 5th Omicron variant case confirmed in Ottawa, linked to travel

  Ottawa Public Health is confirming a fifth instance of the Omicron variant of concern in the city as of Thursday amid 32 new COVID-19 infections.

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  Dec 9, 2021
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• Ottawa kids still at risk over holidays despite COVID-19 vaccine progress: Etches

  Ottawa's Dr. Vera Etches is warning parents of young kids that even if they've gotten a first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, their children remain vulnerable this holiday.

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  Dec 9, 2021
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• No need for new restrictions yet in Ottawa amid Omicron cases: Dr. Etches

  As Omicron arrives in Ottawa, both Dr. Vera Etches and Mayor Jim Watson say it's too soon to implement new public health restrictions.

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  Nov 30, 2021