What parents should know about COVID-19 as kids head back to class: Doctors
More than 100,000 London-area kids head back to class in less than two weeks.
University, ex-public health official trade allegations in $600K lawsuit
Matt Strauss’s former employer says the outspoken doctor’s commentary about the COVID-19 pandemic harmed Queen’s University’s reputation, while Strauss claims the school tried to “cancel” him. Haldimand-Norfolk’s former acting medical officer of health sued Queen’s and the head of the school’s department of medicine, Stephen Archer, last October, alleging “constructive dismissal” while seeking $600,000 in […]
Cornies: Long COVID sufferers are pandemic’s hidden casualties
The expiry date on the box of COVID-19 antigen tests, tucked away on a shelf in my upstairs closet, reads 2023-07-15.
A COVID-19 snapshot: From pandemic to endemic in London, region
Recorded London-area COVID-19 cases are near zero and deaths are down dramatically, but the virus that once stopped society in its tracks remains here and won’t ever go away, the region’s top public health official says.
Charge against Aylmer pastor who spoke at anti-lockdown rally dropped: Centre
Charges laid against a controversial Aylmer pastor stemming from an anti-lockdown rally in Chatham during the pandemic have been dropped, the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms says.
What you need to know about ‘relaxed’ mask rules at London hospitals
Three years after the COVID-19 pandemic began and with its emergency phase in the past, masking rules are being “relaxed” inside London’s two hospitals, officials say.
Sims: Yes, clinic’s closing is a milestone, but COVID marathon continues
I suspect there won’t be many tears shed over the shuttering of the London Health Sciences Centre’s COVID, Cold and Flu Care Clinic at the end of the month.
Just over three years after it opened, London COVID clinic set to close
London’s COVID, cold and flu assessment centre is closing at month’s end, more than three years after it opened in the early days of the pandemic.
A renewed COVID vaccine call for area seniors, immunocompromised
We may want to forget about COVID-19 and move on from the pandemic, but the virus is still hanging around, begging for attention.
Some COVID-19 measures to roll back at LTC homes
The Ontario government is taking a phased approach to reducing some of the COVID-19 measures that have been in place at long-term care (LTC) homes for the past few years.
PHOTOS: Reflecting on COVID-19’s early days, three years later
It’s been three years since COVID-19 arrived in the London region, leading to lockdowns, closed schools and an unprecedented upheaval of day-to-day life. We’re looking back on the pandemic’s first few weeks here with these photos from the LFP Archives:
Sims: COVID isn’t in the rear-view mirror, much as we would like it to be
COVID-19 vaccination campaigns may not be the big news they were during the pandemic, but, to remind us the virus will be with us always, the Middlesex-London health unit is ramping up for a springtime targeted booster blitz for the most vulnerable.