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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Sault Ste. Marie News

Algoma Public Health extends cross-border travel advisory

Algoma Public Health extends cross-border travel advisory

The advisory will remain in place until Jan. 26, 2021
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WATCH: Public Health Ontario briefing to highlight vaccine prioritization, distribution

WATCH: Public Health Ontario briefing to highlight vaccine prioritization, distribution

Dr. Barbara Yaffe will be joined by vaccine distribution task force members
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Ontario reports record 2,923 new COVID cases today

Ontario reports record 2,923 new COVID cases today

There are more than 20,000 active cases in Ontario and 1,177 people are hospitalized with COVID-19
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Manitoba-based basketball program brought players to the Sault: Report

Manitoba-based basketball program brought players to the Sault: Report

Winnipeg-based Northstar Prep spent some time in Sault Ste. Marie recently to train after pandemic restrictions meant the team couldn't train in its own province
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Chill out on New Year's Eve, says Ontario associate chief medical officer

Chill out on New Year's Eve, says Ontario associate chief medical officer

Celebrate within your own household, Dr. Barbara Yaffe urges
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Can you repeat that? Why COVID-19 face masks make it so hard to hear

Can you repeat that? Why COVID-19 face masks make it so hard to hear

Different mask materials impact speech more than others. The best ones, Wilson said, are the disposable medical masks (blue masks)
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WATCH: Associate chief medical officer to provide pandemic update

WATCH: Associate chief medical officer to provide pandemic update

Dr. Barbara Yaffe is joined by Dr. Vanessa Allen, chief of microbiology and laboratory science with Public Health Ontario
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Vaccines for Northern Ontario citizens not likely to be distributed until spring

Vaccines for Northern Ontario citizens not likely to be distributed until spring

Priority is for health-care workers and long-term care residents
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Ontario Northland continues to operate for essential travel through lockdown

Ontario Northland continues to operate for essential travel through lockdown

Those with previously purchased tickets will not be charged cancellation fees should they choose not to travel
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Ontario reports record 2,553 new COVID cases today

Ontario reports record 2,553 new COVID cases today

There are three known active cases in the Algoma District
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