GUELPH – After a lull during COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, public health officials are reporting that viruses, including the flu and RSV, are returning to historic levels.
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Masks no longer mandatory at local hospitals
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Starting Friday, masks are no longer required at the three hospitals in Wellington County. Patients, staff and visitors are now encouraged - but not required - to wear masks.
Multicultural association has served over 9,000 people throughout pandemic
PALMERSTON - Volunteeers from the Multicultural Association of Perth-Huron have been working together to pick up discarded masks at parks in the area.
Warden says pandemic end in sight after tumultuous year
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Once the novel coronavirus arrived in Canada “COVID hit us very hard and fast,” said Warden Kelly Linton, one year after the pandemic’s effects were first felt in the county.
Don’t be selfish – wear a mask
I was appalled when I heard about anti-maskers pleading their ludicrous case to Minto council last…
MPP says planning key to safe school return
An Open Letter to Parents from Randy Pettapiece, MPP Perth-Wellington Parents are rightly asking:…
Province reveals back-to-school plan
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Elementary and high school students in the Upper Grand and Wellington Catholic school boards will return to school five days a week on September 8.
Public health: human rights exemption in revised mask order not prompted by letter
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) has received hundreds of pieces of correspondence about its order requiring masks in businesses, of which less than 10 are complaints from residents.
What’s so hard about wearing a mask?
Remember the good old days when conspiracy theorists were confined to their parents’ damp, dark basements, justly isolated from the rest of the world?
Public health warns of fake cards claiming exemptions from mask order
WELLINGTON COUNTY - Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) officials are warning local businesses about fake cards being used by suspected anti-maskers to avoid wearing face coverings.
Elora shop helps spread the message to wear masks
Ewe need a mask – Visitors and local shoppers in Wellington County were required to wear…
Public health makes case for face coverings; county backs them up with own order
GUELPH - Public health has been fielding questions about face coverings and the role commercial enterprises must play in enforcement, ever since the region's Medical Officer of Health issued an order June 10 prior to the region entering stage two of the provincial plan to re-open the economy.
Quilter switches to mask making
Canada-proud – Local quilter BitNa Won was going to make Canada-themed quilts for her sons…
Caressant Care directs all staff to wear surgical masks on the job
WELLINGTON COUNTY - Caressant Care Nursing and Retirement Homes Ltd. is now requiring all staff to wear surgical masks.