GUELPH – Two days after announcing that people aged 70 and over can pre-register for the COVID-19 vaccine, public health has opened the process to people aged 60 and up. On March 10, WDGPH announced that people in Phase 2 of the province's plan can pre-register.
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People aged 70 and up can now pre-register for COVID-19 vaccine
GUELPH – People aged 70 and older can now pre-register for COVID-19 vaccines. But that doesn’t move this new age group to the front of the line just yet.
Fourteen schools in WDGPH region reporting COVID-19 cases
WELLINGTON COUNTY – As of March 9, 14 schools in the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) region, including one in Wellington County, are reporting active COVID-19 cases.
Public health reports 67 new COVID-19 cases in region over weekend
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) is reporting 67 new COVID-19 cases in the region over the weekend (March 5 to 7), including eight in Wellington County.
Recreation program plans remain flexible in Minto
MINTO – Plans for recreation programming remain flexible here, as the region readjusts to the provincial COVID-19 framework following the lifting of a province-wide stay-at-home order on Feb. 12.
Majority of local businesses failed COVID-19 inspections
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Provincial workplace health and safety inspectors will be returning to Wellington Dufferin Guelph in the coming weeks. An inspection blitz in February found that just 45 per cent of the 572 businesses inspected were in compliance with the Reopening Ontario Act.
Twenty schools in WDGPH region reporting active COVID-19 cases
WELLINGTON COUNTY – As of March 5, 20 schools in the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) region, including one in Wellington County, are reporting active COVID-19 cases.
Region to remain in province’s red COVID-19 level until at least March 15
TORONTO — Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health is not one of seven that will be moving to a different level of the province's COVID-19 framework next week, which means the earliest the region could move is March 15.
Wellington County municipalities receive $2.5-million boost from province
WELLINGTON COUNTY - Local municipalities will receive nearly $2.5 million from a new pool of provincial funding to assist with additional operating costs related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The new financial relief will help ensure the delivery of critical services and keep capital projects on track,
Vaccination plan to benefit from new call system, arrival of AstraZeneca vaccine
GUELPH – When the local health unit starts receiving doses of AstraZeneca the COVID-19 vaccines will likely be administered at pharmacies to those aged 64 and under.
Mercer receives Women of Influence in Local Government award
WELLINGTON COUNTY - Dr. Nicola Mercer, CEO and medical officer of health for Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health, is the first to receive the Women of Influence in Local Government award this year from Municipal World, a magazine that caters to stories and achievements of municipal government.
COVID-19 outbreak declared over at Caressant Care Arthur
ARTHUR – With no active cases among residents or staff, the COVID-19 outbreak at Caressant Care Arthur is finally over. The long-term care outbreak, which infected 57 residents and 63 staff and led to 19 resident deaths, was declared over late in the day on March 2.
Minto Pride plans virtual St. Pat’s trivia party March 17
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