Ontario COVID

• Ontario to stop free COVID-19 rapid test program in pharmacies, grocery stores

  An Ontario program that distributes free rapid tests for COVID-19 at grocery stores and pharmacies will end after this month.

  Canada

  Jun 9, 2023
  
• Lack of Ontario long COVID strategy risks care: ministry documents

  In 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.

  Health

  May 3, 2023
  
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• High-risk people should get next COVID boosters this spring: Ontario’s top doctor

  Ontario'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.

  Health

  Apr 6, 2023
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• Don’t let public health fall victim to boom and bust cycles: Ontario’s top doctor

  "It seems impossible that we could forget the hard lessons that COVID-19 taught us about the importance of being prepared. But history has often proved otherwise."

  Health

  Mar 7, 2023
• Ontario study finds ‘circular hockey hub’ COVID vaccine clinic most efficient model

  The 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.

  Health

  Mar 6, 2023
• Masking alone wouldn’t have eased Ontario’s respiratory virus surge in the fall: PHO document

  Introducing 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.

  Health

  Feb 6, 2023
• What happened when COVID-19 skeptical legal cases made it to court in Ontario?

  Groups, including several skeptical of COVID-19 vaccines, masks and lockdowns, took legal action against governments and officials in Ontario, asking judges to weigh in.

  Health

  Feb 4, 2023
• Ontario launches fee code for treating patients with long COVID

  The 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.

  Health

  Jan 27, 2023
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• Ontario through worst of respiratory virus season, chief medical officer says

  Ontario 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.

  Health

  Jan 26, 2023
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• Top doctor says Ontario ‘must remain vigilant’ past flu peak, COVID variant advances

  Ontario'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.

  Health

  Jan 26, 2023