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COVID-19: Govts, companies shifted risk management responsibility to individuals, study says

COVID-19: Govts, companies shifted risk management responsibility to individuals, study says

Messaging has shifted, urging customers to follow guidelines
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COVID-19: Hamilton cycling studio outbreak could mean tighter gym restrictions in Ontario

COVID-19: Hamilton cycling studio outbreak could mean tighter gym restrictions in Ontario

Ontario is considering changing COVID-19 safety protocols for gyms in light of an outbreak linked to a Hamilton cycling studio, the province's associate medical officer of health said Wednesday. Dr.
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ONTARIO: Three per cent of COVID-19 tests over last day were positive

ONTARIO: Three per cent of COVID-19 tests over last day were positive

Dr. Barbara Yaffe said the per cent of positive results seen in testing at pharmacies, which is offered to certain asymptomatic individuals, is also starting to go up slightly
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ONTARIO: Outings on pause for long-term care residents in COVID-19 hotspots

ONTARIO: Outings on pause for long-term care residents in COVID-19 hotspots

Absences for medical or compassionate reasons will be permitted
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ONTARIO: New funding announced for households struggling to pay bills

ONTARIO: New funding announced for households struggling to pay bills

The new Energy Affordability Program comes into effect on Jan. 4, 2021
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COVID-19: Ontario deciding which long-term care homes to get Red Cross support

COVID-19: Ontario deciding which long-term care homes to get Red Cross support

COVID-19 tore through Ontario's long-term care homes in the pandemic's first wave and has killed more than 1,950 residents
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ONTARIO: Long-term care homes suffered due to efforts to help hospitals, inquiry hears

ONTARIO: Long-term care homes suffered due to efforts to help hospitals, inquiry hears

The inquiry heard Ontario homes had to deal with some doctors refuse to enter the facilities while other homes shut out physicians due to lack of PPE
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COVID-19: Are local shutdowns effective, or should lockdowns be in lockstep province-wide?

COVID-19: Are local shutdowns effective, or should lockdowns be in lockstep province-wide?

Travellers could spread the virus out from large cities, which were hotspots of travel and COVID-19 cases
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COVID-19: What coronavirus reinfection actually means

COVID-19: What coronavirus reinfection actually means

Nearly nine months after the first infection with the novel coronavirus, we have very poor evidence for reinfection
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BEYOND LOCAL: How clinical trials test COVID-19 vaccines

BEYOND LOCAL: How clinical trials test COVID-19 vaccines

Vaccine development can be thought of as the process of separating the parts of an infectious agent that make us sick, from those that induce an immune response and protect us from future infection
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