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Donors fund close to $4.3 million for new patient care equipment and technology at Guelph General Hospital
GUELPH – A cheque from The Foundation of Guelph General Hospital in the amount of $4,273,735 was hand delivered to the hospital’s finance department recently.
Farmer wellness support line now live
GUELPH – A telehealth line to provide mental wellness support to all Ontario farmers and farm…
Mobile household hazardous waste depot moving to Belwood
CENTRE WELLINGTON – Wellington County’s mobile household hazardous waste (HHW) Depot is moving…
County offering emergency child care for eligible frontline workers
GUELPH – The County of Wellington is back in the emergency child care business. The county announced on Jan. 5 it is working with licensed child care operators in Guelph and Wellington County to offer an Emergency School Age Child Care Program.
Public health expands drop-in vaccine eligibility – notably for children, teachers
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Public health is encouraging more drop-in vaccinations, particularly for students and education workers, while also reserving Pfizer doses for those under 30 due to limited supply.
Getting tested for COVID-19 no easy task
WELLINGTON COUNTY - A recent narrowing of the eligibility criteria for who can access publicly-funded COVID-19 tests, combined with a shortage of available rapid antigen tests, is causing some Wellington County residents to seek out options elsewhere.
Update: 15 COVID-19 outbreaks at hospitals, LTC homes across region
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) has declared 12 COVID-19 outbreaks at health care facilities across the region.
Local school boards wait for further guidance on case management in schools
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Following the provincial government’s decision to suspend COVID-19 case reporting in schools and child care settings, schools across the province have been left in the dark while they await further guidance from the province.
Despite narrowing of testing eligibility, no end in sight for surge in COVID-19 cases
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) has reported 1,481 new COVID-19 cases during the first weekend of the new year. As of Jan. 4, active cases across the health unit have risen to a new record-high of 2,593.