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07.04.2021 / 17:39

COVID-19: Ottawa booking new vaccine appointments for 60+ up to April 30

COVID-19 vaccine appointments up until April 30 as the province expands bookings to those aged 60 and older.Anyone in Ottawa born in 1961 or earlier can now book a COVID-19 vaccine appointment at one of the four community clinics via Ontario’s centralized system.The clinics currently open for vaccinations in Ottawa are city hall, the Eva James Memorial Community Centre, the Ruddy Family YMCA-YWCA and the Nepean Sportsplex.Residents who qualify can book online or call the provincial phone line at 1-833-943-3900 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.The city is only adding bookings until the end of the month based on the existing COVID-19 vaccine supply.

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All Ottawa residents could receive 1st COVID-19 vaccine dose by summer: Hospital CEO

The Ottawa Hospital projects every resident of the nation’s capital could get a first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine by the summer if current supply trends are sustained.The bold prediction came Thursday as Cameron Love reflected on a year of struggles and resilience within Ottawa’s health-care system during the COVID-19 pandemic, which began locally on March 11, 2020.While the city has seen more than 15,000 COVID-19 cases and nearly 450 deaths related to the novel coronavirus to date, Love told Global News that stabilizing vaccine supply chains could see the city hit a significant milestone in its local vaccination campaign in the next three-to-four months.Ottawa will have the capacity to vaccinate 10,000 people per day, Love estimated, once

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Provincial inspectors in Ottawa this week to check retailers for COVID-19 compliance

COVID-19 restrictions during the holiday shopping season.The city said its staff and Ottawa Public Health will work with the province this week on an “education and enforcement initiative” to ensure businesses are complying with the province’s Reopening Ontario Act and Section 22 of the Health Protection and Promotion Act.In other words, the province wants to see how well local businesses are complying with Ontario’s COVID-19 restrictions framework, which currently sees Ottawa in the orange zone.Among the restrictions on Ottawa retailers aimed at curbing the spread of the novel coronavirus are a limit on the number of people who can gather inside a shop and a requirement to manage distance between patrons inside and in lineups out

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Coronavirus: Ottawa adds 45 new COVID-19 cases as hospitalizations tick back up

coronavirus cases on Friday as well as a jump in the number of people in hospital with COVID-19.There have now been 8,653 cases of the novel coronavirus in Ottawa since the start of the pandemic.One additional person with COVID-19 has died in the last 24 hours, raising Ottawa’s death toll of the pandemic to 379. Commission flags poor oversight of Ontario nursing homes as COVID-19 deaths jump The number of active COVID-19 cases in Ottawa has slowly crept up each day this week, standing at 383 on Friday compared with 344 on Monday.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]The number of people in hospital due to the virus jumped up as well on Friday.

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Celebrate Christmas, holidays in Ottawa with immediate household only, Dr. Etches advises

novel coronavirus pandemic.Though Ottawa’s rates of coronavirus infection have entered a “slow decline” in recent weeks, it’s too soon to relax public health directives to encourage in-person gatherings with friends and extended family, Dr. Vera Etches said in an update to city council on Wednesday morning.“This holiday season in 2020 will be unlike any other in our lives,” she said.Her advice for Christmas mirrors previous directives surrounding Halloween and Thanksgiving this year.

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COVID-19 disproportionately affects Ottawa’s Black residents, according to new data

COVID-19 on the city’s Black and racialized communities with a new data release showing just how jarring the discrepancies in coronavirus infections are between white and non-white residents.The latest release from Ottawa Public Health analyzes COVID-19 data collected across the city from February to August, stripping away infections that took place in long-term care homes, congregate living settings and people who have died.There were 1,444 people who met OPH’s criteria and responded to the sociodemographic survey, roughly half of the total number of residents who had tested positive by that time.The report shows that Black people make up 37 per cent of all coronavirus cases in Ottawa since the start of the pandemic, despite making up just

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Ottawa bus driver tests positive for coronavirus

novel coronavirus, according to a memo from the head of Ottawa’s transit agency.John Manconi said in a memo Thursday evening that the bus driver last worked on Nov. 9.The key dates during which the driver would have been most at risk of transmitting the disease are Nov 7-9, according to Ottawa Public Health, but Manconi said the individual wasn’t working the previous two days.

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Downtown Ottawa COVID-19 testing sites to open at McNabb Centre, NAC parking garage

COVID-19 assessment centre within walking distance for people who live in the downtown core later this month while the city’s drive-thru testing site will shift to the National Arts Centre as the colder weather sets in.Both sites will be run by the Ottawa Hospital, the city announced Friday.The Coventry Road drive-thu coronavirus testing centre, which has been running in the parking lot of the RCGT Stadium since late August, will close on Monday, Nov. 16 at 6 p.m.

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Coronavirus outbreak declared in Ottawa Paramedic Service

coronavirus outbreak but staff say the spread of COVID-19 is under control.The local paramedic service has reported two connected cases of the virus, meeting Ottawa Public Health’s definition of a workplace outbreak, according to a memo sent to council late Wednesday.The outbreak is currently limited to these two cases and is not spread throughout the workplace, according to the memo sent by Anthony DiMonte, Ottawa’s general manager of emergency and protective services. What’s allowed in Ottawa on Nov.

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Coronavirus: Ottawa adds 48 new COVID-19 cases

coronavirus cases on Wednesday as the city prepares to reopen gyms and indoor dining at restaurants in the coming days.No new deaths related to COVID-19 were reported in Ottawa on Wednesday.The city has now seen 7,273 cases of the virus since the start of the pandemic, with 707 of those cases considered active, according to OPH’s COVID-19 dashboard.The number of coronavirus lab tests conducted in the region was up in the latest report from Ottawa’s COVID-19 Testing Taskforce, with 3,487 tests performed locally on Tuesday compared to 1,862 on Monday.There are currently 54 people in hospital with COVID-19 in Ottawa, four of whom are in the intensive care unit.Coronavirus outbreaks affecting two schools and one supportive housing facility were

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Coronavirus: Latest developments in Ottawa on Oct. 16

coronavirus on Friday as the death toll related to COVID-19 in the capital surpasses 300.Three more people have died in relation to the novel coronavirus in Ottawa, OPH said Friday, raising the local COVID-19 death toll to 301.There have been 5,899 COVID-19 cases locally since the start of the pandemic, with 792 cases currently considered active. COVID-19 immunity? Ottawa researchers to test long-term potency of coronavirus immune response Forty-seven people are now in hospital with the virus, eight of whom are in intensive care.Six more coronavirus outbreaks were declared in Ottawa in the past 24 hours, including new outbreaks at Farley Mowat Public School and St.

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Major COVID-19 testing sites in Ottawa closed ahead of new appointment-based system

coronavirus assessment centres are closed Monday following a wave of confusion over the weekend as to which sites were offering walk-in testing amid a provincial shift to an appointment-based system.The Brewer Assessment Centre and the care clinics at Moodie Drive and Heron Road are all closed for testing on Monday.The Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario’s testing at Brewer Arena remains open, however, to those with appointments from 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

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Coronavirus: Latest developments in Ottawa on Sept. 30

coronavirus cases on Wednesday, a dip compared to the record-setting increase the day before.Ontario’s daily COVID-19 report also shows two additional deaths related to the virus in Ottawa.Ontario added 625 total coronavirus cases on Wednesday as new modelling showed the province could see 1,000 cases per day in the first half of October.Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott said nearly 35,800 tests have been processed since Tuesday, but there’s currently a backlog of 67,126 tests still awaiting results.Tuesday saw Ottawa add 105 new coronavirus cases, surpassing the record for the highest daily increase set just a week previous.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson said

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Ottawa mayor urges limiting close contact to household amid ‘unsettling’ COVID-19 case spikes

coronavirus cases in the city.His comments came the same day Ottawa added 105 new COVID-19 cases, the largest-ever single-day increase in the city since the pandemic began.On Twitter, Watson called Tuesday’s record case numbers “unsettling” and attempted to remind residents that they all have a role to play in flattening the curve.Today’s record case numbers are unsettling to say the least. We all have a role to play in helping stop the spread of COVID-19.

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Coronavirus: Ottawa nursing student fears for vulnerable son’s health ahead of long-term care stint

coronavirus, despite her concerns about what a potential COVID-19 exposure could mean for her at-risk son’s health.Erika Godin’s son Mason has Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, a defect that essentially means he’s running on half a heart.The rare condition, which has seen Mason undergo six surgeries and many additional operations, was already putting a demanding strain on the Godin family before the pandemic.With Mason recovering in a bed at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto for months following a surgery last winter, Erika, a single mother, would often have to take overnight buses back to Ottawa to attend her nursing classes at Algonquin College.

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Ottawa reports 82 new coronavirus cases: provincial data

coronavirus infections continues Thursday with 82 new COVID-19 cases reported via the provincial database.The latest daily increase is Ottawa’s second-largest spike in cases so far in the pandemic, surpassed only by the 93 cases reported on Tuesday.No new deaths related to the novel coronavirus were reported in Ottawa on Thursday, according to the Ministry of Health’s COVID-19 dashboard.

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Ottawa getting east-end COVID-19 testing site in October: Mayor Watson

coronavirus testing centre in Orléans sometime next month, Mayor Jim Watson announced Monday.Watson said on Twitter that l’Hôpital Montfort, Ottawa Public Health (OPH) and other community partners will open a COVID-19 testing site at the Ray Friel Community Centre in Orléans.Pleased to share that in conjunction with l’Hôpital Montfort, OPH and our other health partners, we are working to mobilize a COVID-19 Care Clinic in Orléans at the Ray Friel Community Centre on 10th Line Rd.— Jim Watson (@JimWatsonOttawa) September 21, 2020He said that the site is expected to open in October and that details would follow on specific service hours.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Separate entrances and exits to

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Ottawa reports 60 COVID-19 cases as elementary school closes due to outbreak

COVID-19 cases in Ottawa continues to surge as the city saw its first elementary school close due to an outbreak of the novel coronavirus.Ottawa reported 60 new cases of the virus on Monday, according to Ontario’s COVID-19 database.The provincial system also shows two new deaths related to COVID-19 in Ottawa.Ottawa Public Health (OPH) will release its more fulsome daily report on the virus later this afternoon.Meanwhile, an elementary school in the Ottawa Catholic District School Board is closed for two weeks after two students and two staff tested positive for the virus.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]OPH officially declared a coronavirus outbreak at Monsignor Paul Baxter in Barrhaven as of Sept.

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Ottawa is in a second wave of COVID-19: Dr. Vera Etches

coronavirus on Friday as the city’s top doctor confirms a second wave of the virus is hitting the nation’s capital.Ottawa Public Health (OPH) data shows there are now 458 active cases of the virus in the city.No new deaths related to COVID-19 were reported on Friday.Asked by reporters outside the Château Laurier Friday morning whether the city is facing a second wave of the virus, Ottawa’s medical officer of health Dr.

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No more warnings: Ottawa bylaw to start ticketing mask violations

coronavirus pandemic.Ottawa’s bylaw department tweeted Thursday that the “warning phase” is ending for the city’s temporary mask rules, first set in mid-July and recently expanded to at least the end of October.Anyone who refuses to wear a mask in an indoor public setting will now be subject to a possible $240 fine, and any operator found to not comply with the mask requirements could face a $490 fine.⚠️The warning phase for the Temporary Mandatory Mask By-law is ending.

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Coronavirus: Asymptomatic people clog testing line ups in Ottawa, officials say

coronavirus tests from Ottawa families has exhausted the city’s testing capacity as too many asymptomatic people are unnecessarily queuing for a test, according to health officials in the nation’s capital.Residents lining up to get tested for the novel coronavirus at Ottawa’s Brewer Assessment Centre are facing long lines and four-hour waits in some cases.The Ottawa Hospital, the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) and Ottawa Public Health (OPH) said in a joint statement Tuesday that the Brewer site is seeing “record-setting volumes” of people looking for a coronavirus test. Ottawa reports 52 new coronavirus cases amid long wait times for testing Dr.

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COVID-19 pandemic devastated Ottawa business confidence: survey

coronavirus pandemic, according to the latest annual survey tracking business confidence in the nation’s capital.The Welch LLP Ottawa Business Growth Survey (OBGS) is a collaboration between the accounting firm and polling firm Abacus Research, as well as the Ottawa Board of Trade and the Ottawa Business Journal.The OBGS surveys hundreds of senior executives and business owners on a series of questions related to how well they expect their company or store to fare in the year ahead.The result is a single score out of a possible 200: ratings above 100 indicate relatively high overall confidence in the local economy, while scores below that threshold indicate concern.While previous years have seen business confidence scores float around the

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Ottawa’s Carlingview Manor long-term care home targeted in $25M class-action lawsuit

long-term care homes hardest hit by the novel coronavirus is facing a class-action lawsuit on behalf of residents and their families who allege the facility overcrowded rooms during the pandemic.Toronto-based law firm Thomson Rogers said Wednesday it has issued a class-action proceeding against Carlingview Manor, claiming $25 million on behalf of plaintiffs.The firm did not respond to requests for comment on Wednesday requesting details on how many families are currently represented in the suit.

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Ottawa leads Ontario with 25 new coronavirus cases Tuesday

coronavirus cases on Tuesday, the highest daily total of any region in Ontario, according to the province’s COVID-19 database.The latest increase is in keeping with recent coronavirus reports, which have seen the number of COVID-19 cases in Ottawa rise by an average of 25 to 30 each day for the past week.There have now been 2,440 coronavirus cases identified in Ottawa since the pandemic began. 3 Ottawa daycares now facing coronavirus outbreaks Ontario’s provincial database shows one new death in Ottawa linked to COVID-19, bringing the city’s death toll of the pandemic to 264 as of Tuesday.

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Here’s what Ottawa moviegoers can expect as theatres reopen this weekend

coronavirus precautions in place this weekend.But local operators say that future will reflect a “new normal” as the cinemas welcome back crowds under Ontario’s Stage 3 reopening plan.The 1985 Michael J. Fox-Christopher Lloyd time-travel hit is among the slate of classic films and recent releases airing at Ottawa’s Mayfair Theatre this weekend, one of the first cinemas in the city to reopen following nearly four months of shutdown to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.Also opening this weekend are two Ciné Starz locations in the Orléans Town Centre and the St.

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No ‘mask police’ when face coverings become mandatory on Ottawa transit, officials say

Ottawa transit staff are defending a new expectation for transit riders to wear non-medical masks on buses and trains in the city starting June 15, noting that anyone that can’t wear a mask or can’t get a hold of one will be given special consideration or access to extra resources when possible.

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Coronavirus: Ottawa tourism businesses pivot to intimate experiences amid group limits

At this point in the novel coronavirus pandemic, the days of potlucks and intimate kitchen parties are both long behind us and likely many more months away from returning.

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Ottawa-Gatineau zip line opening delayed until spring 2021

Plans for an interprovincial zip line between Ottawa and Gatineau, originally set to open this summer, have been suspended until spring 2021 amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.

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Ottawa father hopes to keep tree fort standing after kids get tear-down notice

A DIY dad is hoping for a brief stay-of-demolition on his Old Ottawa East tree fort, a modest wooden structure on city-owned land that has become a sanctuary for a handful of kids during the novel coronavirus pandemic.

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Ottawa LRT shutting down for May maintenance, phase 2 extension work

Ottawa’s Confederation Line is set to undergo maintenance work this coming weekend, while the Trillium Line is preparing for extended downtime amid work to expand the light-rail system farther south.

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Advocates push Ottawa to buy hotels as housing for city’s homeless during coronavirus pandemic

As many hotels across the nation’s capital sit empty, some are seeing an opportunity to both protect the city’s vulnerable populations during the coronavirus pandemic and address long-term homelessness concerns in Ottawa.

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2 new deaths, 29 new COVID-19 cases identified in Ottawa

Ottawa Public Health says two more people have died as a result of novel coronavirus in the city, bringing the region’s death toll up to nine as of Thursday.

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Chateau Laurier to close until further notice due to coronavirus pandemic

The Chateau Laurier hotel in Ottawa will be temporarily closing its doors Saturday at noon in light of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

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India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
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Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0