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Jun 11, 20 •
0 Views • COVID-19, Feature Story, Local News • Chatham Voice • No Comments
The Chatham-Kent Health Alliance (CKHA) issued a reminder on how the public is to deal with their health-care needs, and stressed that much of it still goes through their family doctor or nurse practitioner. CKHA officials said residents should to contact...
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May 20, 20 •
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By Bruce Corcoran Four days later, and still counting…food that is. Organizers of the May 16 Miracle said volunteers are still sifting through and organizing all the donations from Saturday, where Chatham-Kent residents were asked to put out...
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May 20, 20 •
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C-K lags behind neighbouring counties in testing Jenna Cocullo, Local Journalism Initiative The first round of retesting done at Greenhill Produce is complete. Dr. David Colby, Chatham-Kent’s medical officer of health, ordered retests for the entire...
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May 14, 20 •
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Testing follows 17 more COVID positive results Jenna Cocullo, Local Journalism Initiative Nearly the entire Greenhill Produce workforce is being retested for COVID-19, according to Chatham-Kent’s medical officer of health. A backup in Ontario’s...
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May 8, 20 •
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Jenna Cocullo, Local Journalism Initiative The Chatham Kent Health Alliance (CKHA), under provincial direction, will soon be ramping up elective procedures. In March, CKHA had to scale down its non-emergency surgeries to create extra capacity at the hospitals...
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May 6, 20 •
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By Bruce Corcoran As the May 16 Miracle fast approaches, we must remember miracles happen every day, in all shapes and sizes. Take for example the efforts of staff at Chatham-Kent Children’s Services (CKCS), who recently held a food drive for the Salvation...
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May 6, 20 •
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By Bruce Corcoran So far, so safe for firefighters in Chatham-Kent. Fire Chief Chris Case said not a single firefighter has contracted COVID-19 to date. “I am pleased to report that we have no firefighters or EMS staff who have tested positive for COVID-19...
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May 4, 20 •
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Chatham-Kent’s COVID-19 count reached 89 on Monday, with 54 of them listed as active and more than 50 of them coming from one workplace. Chatham-Kent Public Health reports 51 of the cases are from Greenhill Produce, which first started reporting April 26...
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May 4, 20 •
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Jenna Cocullo, Local Journalism Initiative An advocate group for migrant workers is asking the province to immediately suspend any agricultural workplace from operating until it is fully sanitized and the workers are provided with full Personal Protective...
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Apr 28, 20 •
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Chatham-Kent’s COVID-19 caseload increased by three more today, to 78. CK Public Health figures indicate the three new cases are linked to Greenhill Produce, a Kent Bridge greenhouse facility where 40 others were recently confirmed to have contracted...
