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Hamilton officials to answer residents’ questions on COVID-19 at virtual town hall

The City of Hamilton will hold another virtual town hall at 7 p.m. on Thursday.The town hall will include Mayor Fred Eisenberger, the city’s medical officer of health Dr.

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Hamilton’s medical officer urges shoppers, retailers to ‘reconsider’ annual traditions

Coronavirus: Hamilton reports 87 new COVID-19 cases, new high in active cases “Instead, try online shopping, curbside pickup and only going into essential places.”The plea comes a day after Richardson said the city’s recent “fluctuating” numbers were not “worsening,” but “not getting any better.”“They’re just fluctuating slightly around that level of about 50 per 100,000,” said Richardson.As of Friday, the weekly rate of new cases per 100,000 population went up again to 59.7.The seven-day moving average number of cases is now 48.

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St. Joe’s investigating COVID-19 outbreak at Hamilton long-term care home

COVID-19 outbreak in the city has received a compliance order from public health.Hamilton Continuing Care has received a Section 29.2 order that requires it to let staff from St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton respond to the outbreak by investigating, monitoring, and ensuring the facility is complying with infection prevention and control measures.A COVID-19 outbreak at the facility that was declared Oct.

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Coronavirus: 2nd wave likely to extend delays for surgeries at McMaster Children’s hospital

COVID-19 in the community could further hamper the hospital’s efforts to catch-up on a backlog of surgeries and procedures created by the pandemic.Bruce Squires told Global News that a mid-March hold on non-essential surgical procedures – to free up bed space and limit the spread of the virus in hospitals – resulted in the cancellation of 58 per cent of surgeries and 70 per cent of procedures at McMaster Children’s.“We saw the number of kids that were waiting beyond what we would call a clinically acceptable wait time,” Squires said. Ontario reports 625 new coronavirus cases as province continues on upward trend “The short version of that, waiting too long went up by 133 percent.

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Potential increase in COVID-19 cases, decrease in Hamilton hospital capacity has city concerned

COVID-19 cases in Hamilton following the last weekend in September, the city’s mayor says the “big concern” will be how it affects the region’s hospitals in the next few months.Fred Eisenberger told Global News he’s not surprised case numbers went up as much as they did in September with schools reopening and the interactions that brings to the general public. Ontario reports 554 new coronavirus cases, most in Toronto, Ottawa and Peel Region What he says will be the real issue with “opening things up” going forward will be what burden the uptick in cases puts on Hamilton’s hospital system that has five COVID-19 patients as of Monday.“There’s going to be additional cases.

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Coronavirus: Hamilton averaging up to 5 cases per day, says public health

COVID-19 cases has seen an average of up to five cases a day since the slowest period of the pandemic during the month of June.Dr. Stephanie Hughes, an epidemiologist, told the city’s board of health on Monday that the latest wave began in August.“Case activity has started to increase and it’s increased in waves so varying between an average of one to five new cases reported per day,” Hughes told the board.In recent months, coronavirus cases have also shifted away from older people to the young, according to public health.

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Number of active COVID-19 cases on the rise as Hamilton enters Phase 3 of municipal reopening plan

Hamilton Reopens‘, which is separate from the provincial reopening plan and focuses on municipal services and programs, as well as recreational facilities.Speaking to media on Tuesday, Mayor Fred Eisenberger said this phase is the city’s “new reality” while the risk of COVID-19 infection remains in the community.“We know that Phase 3 will be lengthy,” said Eisenberger. “It will continue until a COVID-19 vaccine or treatment is available, or is in widespread use.

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Coronavirus: Cleaners with electrostatic sprayer ‘bombarded’ with service calls amid pandemic

COVID-19 case tied to a customer last Saturday, a Hamilton bar opted to take on a disinfecting operation with a device that’s been hard to come by since the pandemic began in March.In an Instagram post on Monday, Cause and Effect kitchen and bar on Stone Church Road East said the alleged infected patron was at the business between 8 p.m. and midnight on Saturday, July 25.The bar’s response to the episode was to hire a Hamilton company that says it’s been ‘bombarded’ with calls since Stage 3 of the province’s reopening plan.

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Hamilton mayor expects ‘clarity’ from premier on $2M bill to hire health-care workers

COVID-19 testing and to help public health reopen a variety of programs and services that have been suspended during the pandemic.

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Hamilton offers residents return to Andreychuk testing centre for COVID-19 results

COVID-19 test results have another option thanks to an interim solution with the city’s partners at the Dave Andreychuk Arena Assessment Center.In the city’s pandemic update on Tuesday, Dr. Elizabeth Richardson said that individuals who, after four days or more, don’t get test results from the province’s portal can return to the drive-thru for the outcome.

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Hamilton board of health approves bylaw making masks mandatory in indoor public spaces

COVID-19.During Friday’s board of health meeting, councillors voted 13-2 in favour of a bylaw that would see Hamiltonians fined $200 if they don’t wear face coverings inside local businesses and public facilities — with the exception of children under two years of age and those with certain medical conditions.Ward 12’s Lloyd Ferguson and Ward 7’s Esther Pauls were the only councillors opposed, with Ward 14 councillor Terry Whitehead absent from the meeting.It still needs to be ratified at next Friday’s city council meeting, but if councillors vote the same way as they did at the board of health meeting, it will go into effect at 12:01 a.m. on Monday, July 20.

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Testing delays cause some Hamilton residents to return for repeat COVID-19 assessments

COVID-19 test results have led to reports of some people going to get tested a second time.Dr.

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Coronavirus: Hamilton Ont. mayor to present mandatory mask bylaw at board of health meeting

face coverings in all commercial and indoor public spaces, to slow the spread of COVID-19, will be presented before the city’s board of health at a scheduled meeting on Friday.At a city council meeting on Tuesday, Fred Eisenberger said the draft was something that “many are anticipating and asking for.”The mask discussion has been going on for more than a week now in Hamilton, spurred by actions from other municipalities in Ontario which either recently passed bylaws requiring masks, such as Toronto and Peel Region, or had medical officers of health issue orders, like in Guelph and Kingston.

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Coronavirus: Board of health to take on mandatory mask issue in Hamilton

COVID-19.On Tuesday, Dr. Elizabeth Richardson revealed that public health discussions were underway on a mandatory mask plan but said it was not imminent since the city’s number of cases remains low.The conversation was spurred on as a number of municipalities in Ontario recently passed bylaws requiring masks, such as Toronto, Peel Region, Guelph and Kingston.

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Discussions underway in Hamilton, Ont., to make masks mandatory at enclosed public spaces

COVID-19 pandemic.Toronto and Peel Region will use time-limited bylaws to enforce wearing masks starting next week and a number of there municipalities are about to follow suit, including Hamilton.In a city update on Tuesday, Mayor Fred Eisenberger said the idea is “just common sense” in an effort to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. 157 new coronavirus cases, 7 deaths in Ontario; total cases at 35,068 “I think it gives people a greater comfort level and it helps businesses with the ambiguity around who should and we should not be wearing a mask,” Eisenberger said.The city’s medical officer of health, Dr.

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Hamilton targets youth in physical-distancing campaign as cases increase for age group

coronavirus cases among youth, the city of Hamilton says it’s hoping to “engage” people in their 20s through a physical-distancing campaign starting this week.The campaign entitled “Physical Distancing Hamilton Style” is expected to hit workplaces, hospitals, libraries, and schools through a number of digital platforms including Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.A SOBI bicycle, 21 cups of coffee and three french bulldogs are some of the “units of measurement” the campaign is using to promote keeping a distance of two metres (six feet) apart.

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Low case numbers support Hamilton’s move into Stage 2 of reopening plan: medical officer of health

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Dr. Richardson notes that Hamilton has been averaging five new cases or less per day over the past 10 days, and she credits residents with “tremendous” efforts to control the virus.

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Hamilton invites residents’ questions on COVID-19, hosts virtual town hall

Hamilton residents who have questions about the new coronavirus disease, COVID-19, will have a chance to get some answers Wednesday night.

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Hamilton to reopen city parks and Waterfront Trail, but not the falls and golf courses

Hamilton, Ont. is opening up a little more public space for residents who want to get outdoors and stretch their legs during the Mother’s Day weekend, amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Hamilton invites residents’ questions on COVID-19, hosts virtual town hall

Hamilton residents who have questions about the new coronavirus disease, COVID-19, will have a chance to get some answers Wednesday night.

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Hamilton invites residents’ questions on COVID-19, hosts virtual town hall

Hamilton residents who have questions about the new coronavirus disease, COVID-19, will have a chance to get some answers Wednesday night.

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New and emerging COVID-19 outbreaks in Hamilton include St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Barton St. Jail

Hamilton’s medical officer of health says COVID-19 has appeared in several new institutional settings in Hamilton.

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Hamilton drive-thru COVID-19 testing site seeing 60 people per day

It’s not quite the same as a fast-food drive-thru, but the COVID-19 testing centre at the Dave Andreychuk Mountain Arena is as efficient as it gets.

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Drive-thru COVID-19 testing centre to run out of arena on Hamilton mountain

A third COVID-19 assessment site is opening up in Hamilton.

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Hamilton set to host virtual town hall on coronavirus

Hamilton residents who have questions about the new coronavirus disease, COVID-19, will have a chance to get some answers Wednesday evening.

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Coronavirus: Hamilton set to host virtual town hall on COVID-19

Hamilton residents who have questions about COVID-19 will have a chance to get some answers Wednesday evening.

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