Ottawa Schools Covid

• 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
  
• Ottawa adds 129 new COVID-19 cases, most since mid-May

  COVID-19 cases in Ottawa are surging as more elementary schools face outbreaks of the virus and Omicron begins spreading in the community.

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  Dec 13, 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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• COVID-19 vaccines: 35% of Ottawa kids aged 5-11 have 1st doses

  Ottawa continues to lead the province in vaccinating its youngest eligible age group against COVID-19, with some 35 per cent of kids aged five to 11 having first doses.

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  Dec 6, 2021
• Another crop of Ottawa elementary schools placed in COVID-19 outbreak

  Four more Ottawa elementary schools are facing outbreaks as 42 new cases of the virus and one more death are recorded in the pandemic locally.

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  Nov 25, 2021
• More than a third of Ottawa kids booked for COVID-19 shots amid jump in school outbreaks

  Dr. Vera Etches says there's been a 'significant jump' in the number of COVID-19 outbreaks in Ottawa elementary schools as of late.

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  Nov 24, 2021
• Ottawa Public Health reports 24,000 COVID-19 vaccine bookings for kids aged 5-11 by 2 p.m.

  Four new COVID-19 outbreaks affecting elementary schools were reported Tuesday, the same day Ottawa parents were able to book vaccine appointments for kids aged five to 11.

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  Nov 23, 2021
• 2 new COVID-19 deaths in Ottawa, health unit says

  Two more Ottawa residents have died in connection with COVID-19, the local public health unit said in its latest report, the first multi-death day in more than three months.

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  Oct 6, 2021
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• Ottawa COVID-19 hospitalizations drop, another school closed for outbreak

  Another school in Ottawa has closed due to a COVID-19 outbreak as the number of people in hospital with the virus dropped on Tuesday.

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  Oct 5, 2021
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• COVID-19 vaccines: Ottawa nearing 90% first-doses for eligible residents

  Ottawa's COVID-19 vaccination campaign is making incremental progress as outbreaks of the virus continue to force the closure of local schools.

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  Oct 1, 2021