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All recent COVID-19 hospitalizations in Peel Region amid those not fully immunized, top doctor says

During a COVID-19 health update Wednesday, Peel Region’s Medical Officer of Health Dr. Lawrence Loh said 100 per cent of people hospitalized with COVID-19 were not fully immunized over a nearly six-week period.

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100% of recent Peel Region COVID hospitalizations in those not fully immunized: top doctor

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Top doctors in Ontario urge caution ahead of partial reopening Friday

COVID-19 variant.Dr. Lawrence Loh, medical officer of health for Peel Region, says even though infections have dropped in the virus hot spot, the Delta variant could cause a resurgence.Scientific evidence shows people with one vaccine dose are less protected against the highly infectious variant, which is poised to become dominant in Peel this month.Loh said Wednesday that people should continue to limit their contacts, follow public health measures and not hold large gatherings when restrictions loosen.

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Peel Region to see Delta variant as dominant COVID-19 strain, top doctor says

COVID-19 strain across the region.“Members of the science table this week have advised Peel Public Health that B.1.617 … is increasingly being detected in Ontario and that Peel Region has the highest proportion of this variant out of the entire province,” Dr. Lawrence Loh said at a briefing on Wednesday.The B.1.617 variant was first discovered in India and has been renamed by the World Health Organization as “Delta” to avoid stigmatizing countries which detect and report variants.The naming convention for coronavirus variants — using letters from the Greek alphabet — also saw the B.1.1.7 first identified in the U.K.

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COVID-19: Peel Public Health orders partial closure of 2 Amazon fulfillment centres

Amazon fulfillment centres under a new order that allows the health unit to temporarily close businesses experiencing COVID-19 cases.The medical officer of health for Peel Region, Dr. Lawrence Loh, issued a Section 22 order under the Health Protection and Promotion Act earlier this week and it took effect Friday.

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COVID-19 test results coming back positive for 1 in 5 residents in Brampton: Peel’s top doctor

Peel Region’s medical officer of health Dr. Lawrence Loh said Brampton’s test positivity has now reached 22.4 per cent, meaning more than one in five COVID-19 tests are coming back positive.

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‘Assume that they might have COVID’: Peel’s top doctor says after 22% test positivity in Brampton

COVID-19 tests are coming back positive.“That is why we have always advised people, if you are meeting people outside of the people that you already live with, assume that they might have COVID,” Loh said.“Assume that they might have been exposed and they might be incubating. Always wear a mask, always distance, stick to the precautions as much as possible.

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Peel medical officer of health talks new workplace measures to combat COVID-19 outbreaks

Peel’s medical officer of health Dr. Lawrence Loh talks about new workplace measures mandating closures aimed at tackling COVID-19 outbreaks.

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Peel Region orders businesses with 5 or more COVID-19 cases to close for 10 days

COVID-19 cases must shut down for 10 days.Peel Public Health issued the directive for businesses who have discovered the cases over the last 14 days where “the cases could have reasonably acquired their infection at work” or where “no obvious source of infection has been identified outside of the workplace.” COVID-19: Ontario rejects efforts on paid sick leave, says expanding police power was mistake The region’s medical officer of health said workplaces still remain a “major driver of COVID-19 cases in Peel.”Dr.

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Peel Region’s top doctor declined 5,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses for Amazon worker outbreak

COVID-19 vaccine doses offered by the Ontario government for Amazon workers following an outbreak at the Brampton facility in March were shut down by Peel Region’s top doctor, the local public health unit confirmed on Thursday.A spokesperson for Peel Public Health said, in a statement, that it was a “difficult” decision to not accept the vaccine doses as widespread transmission had already occurred in the plant and only the most vulnerable populations and health-care workers were still being vaccinated at that time.The local health unit, which is headed by Dr.

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Toronto schools ordered to close temporarily due to rising COVID-19 cases

COVID-19 cases.Dr. Eileen de Villa, who oversees the public health department in Toronto, issued a Section 22 order under the Health Protection and Promotion Act to order schools closed as of Wednesday.

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COVID-19: Latest developments in the Greater Toronto Area on April 6

COVID-19 pandemic in the Greater Toronto Area for Tuesday.The medical officer of health for Peel Region invoked powers under Ontario law to order all local schools closed for in-person instruction due to COVID-19.Dr. Lawrence Loh, who oversees the public health department in Peel Region, issued a Section 22 order under the Health Protection and Promotion Act on Monday to order schools closed on Tuesday.

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COVID-19: Toronto, Peel, and Ottawa medical officers call for provincewide stay-at-home order

COVID-19.Global News obtained a copy of the letter sent to Dr. David Williams on Sunday.In the letter, Dr.

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Peel Region medical officer of health ordering schools to close for 2 weeks due to COVID-19

COVID-19.Dr. Lawrence Loh, who oversees the public health department in Peel Region, issued a Section 22 order under the Health Protection and Promotion Act on Monday to order schools closed as of Tuesday.Schools in those jurisdictions will move to online learning until at least April 18.“Late last week and through the weekend, Peel saw significant increases in case counts and the spread of variants in the community,” a statement issued by Region of Peel on Monday said.

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Brampton Amazon facility must close, workers need to self-isolate amid outbreak: Peel Public health

Coronavirus: Peel Region mayors call for move to red zone in province’s colour-coded framework All workers at the facility located at 8050 Heritage Road are required to self-isolate until March 27, unless “they have tested positive in the last 90 days and completed their isolation period as directed by public health,” the statement continued.The health unit said it has been working closely with Amazon to contain the outbreak.

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Coronavirus: Mayor Tory defends Toronto move to grey zone amid calls for red zone

Mayor John Tory is defending the move for Toronto to go into the grey lockdown zone amid calls from the public and businesses to move the city into the red zone on Friday.Ontario health officials announced both Toronto and Peel Region will be moving into the grey zone of the province’s COVID-19 colour-coded framework from the stay-at-home order, which both regions have been in since Jan. 14.

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Peel Region’s top doctor recommending moving to grey lockdown in Ontario’s COVID-19 framework

COVID-19 response framework as the date approaches for reassessment.“As we exit the province’s stay-at-home order, I am recommending that we enter the province’s framework under grey for a two-week period,” Dr. Lawrence Loh said at a weekly briefing for Brampton Wednesday morning.The Ontario government is expected to announce when and if Peel Region, Toronto and North Bay ⁠— the only three regions still in shutdown and under a stay-at-home order ⁠— will move to in the colour-coded system on Friday.

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Coronavirus: Peel Region clarifies student isolation policy

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Peel Region’s top doctor suggests building relief policies into Ontario COVID-19 pandemic framework

COVID-19 hot spots says paid sick days and relief for businesses could be built into the province’s pandemic response system to help mitigate a third wave.Peel Region’s Dr. Lawrence Loh says resistance to strict public health measures often stems from lack of relief.He says the province should consider looking at how support policies could be part of Ontario’s tiered restrictions system, taking effect when regions are in certain categories.

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Ontario mulling request from Peel Region and Toronto to extend COVID-19 shutdown

Toronto, Peel medical officers of health request coronavirus shutdown to remain until at least March Dr. Eileen de Villa and Dr.

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Toronto, Peel medical officers of health request coronavirus shutdown to remain until at least March

COVID-19 variants pose a serious risk and as such restrictions should not be loosened for the time being.Both regions were expected to reenter the province’s coronavirus response framework on Monday, which, even at its most strict level (grey lockdown) would have allowed for the loosening of some restrictions, including the opening of retail shops, but with health measures in place. Peel Region’s top doctor recommends holding off on reopening due to coronavirus variants, schools De Villa said she and Dr.

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Peel Region’s top doctor recommends holding off on reopening due to coronavirus variants, schools

COVID-19 situation as schools resume in-person learning and rising variant cases.Dr. Lawrence Loh said that although the original COVID-19 virus strain first detected in the community in 2020 is now declining, variant cases in the region are accelerating.In the span of seven days, Loh said the number of confirmed variant cases jumped to 45 from five.

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Coronavirus: Latest developments in the Greater Toronto Area on Feb. 15

coronavirus pandemic in the Greater Toronto Area for Monday:All residents of a central Mississauga condo will be tested after five cases of the South African COVID-19 variant were confirmed there, Peel Region’s medical officer of health says.Dr. Lawrence Loh said widespread testing will be conducted at 385 Prince of Wales Dr., just south of Confederation Parkway and Rathburn Road, in an attempt to curb the spread of the fast-spreading variant.

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All residents of Mississauga condo to be tested after South African COVID-19 variant confirmed

COVID-19 variant were confirmed there, Peel Public Health Says.Widespread testing will be conducted to attempt to curb the spread of the fast-spreading variant.“As we begin to see variants of concern spread within the community, we are at a critical point in the pandemic response as these variants have the ability erase the progress we have made as a community,” said Dr. Lawrence Loh, Peel’s medical officer of health.

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4 isolation centres now open in Peel Region to help tackle spread of COVID-19

Peel Region remains one of the hardest-hit regions for COVID-19 in Ontario. To tackle the issue, public health officials said they are using every tool at their disposal, including rolling out more isolation centres.The medical officer of health for the region, Dr.

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Coronavirus: Latest developments in the Greater Toronto Area on Jan. 27

coronavirus pandemic in the Greater Toronto Area for Wednesday.Dr. Lawrence Loh, Peel Public Health’s top doctor, said Wednesday there are three known cases of the U.K.

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Coronavirus: Latest developments in the Greater Toronto Area on Jan. 13

coronavirus pandemic in the Greater Toronto Area for Wednesday.Dr. Lawrence Loh, Peel Medical Officer of Health, said Brampton’s test positivity rate is at 17.4 per cent this week, up from 16.9 per cent last week.

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Why Ontario’s Peel Region is struggling to contain COVID-19: expert

Dr. Lawrence Loh, Peel’s Medical Officer of Health, details the struggles and measures being taken as the virus continues to take its toll on the region.

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Coronavirus: Peel Region pledges fines for businesses that violate public health rules

Peel Region’s top doctor says businesses that do not follow public health rules aimed at stopping the spread of COVID-19 will face fines.Dr. Lawrence Loh, The region’s medical officer of health, says businesses could face fines of $5,000 a day for violating the rules.Loh says spread of the virus in workplaces is driving case counts higher and some employers are ignoring public health protocols.

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Brampton looking to give residents COVID-19 case hotspot information

Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown says he is working with health officials and hospitals to make neighbourhood-specific information regarding coronavirus cases available to residents “as soon as possible.”

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16 Peel Region residents given negative coronavirus test results despite being positive

The top public health official for the Region of Peel is apologizing after 16 people were mistakenly issued negative coronavirus test results despite testing positive for COVID-19.

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Coronavirus: Peel Region reports 1st COVID-19-related death

Peel Region has reported its first death related to the novel coronavirus, involving a Brampton man in his 70s with underlying health conditions.

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Coronavirus: Non-essential businesses urged to close in Peel Region amid community spread

Peel Public Health is urging non-essential businesses to close as health officials in the region begin to report instances of community transmission of COVID-19.

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India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
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