Niagara Health moving vaccination clinic to St. Catharines Hospital

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  • Niagara Health will officially close its mass vaccination clinic at the Seymour-Hannah arena on Aug. 15 and will open a new smaller clinic at the St. Catharines Hospital.
  • The new vaccination clinic, which will be located in the Mental Health Outpatient Clinic, will open on Aug. 17 and will serve approximately 200 patients per day.
  • This clinic will operate from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. seven days a week and will offer both walk-in and booked appointments.
  • In addition, the St. Catharines Hospital COVID-19 assessment centre will close Aug. 15 and will re-open at the Greater Niagara General Hospital on Aug. 16.

COVID-19 update for August 6

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Video: Dr. Hirji provides Niagara Region COVID-19 update

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The LocalSKIM for Thursday, August 5

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  • Niagara Falls will be illuminated yellow on Friday night for National COVID Awareness Day and to honour frontline workers and to remember those who died from the virus. (610 CKTB)
  • Local theatre group The Foster Festival will be putting on The Ladies Foursome from September 14th – September 26th at four different golf courses in Niagara. (610 CKTB)
  • Niagara’s acting medical officer of health, Dr. Mustafa Hirji, said that with the anticipated surge in COVID-19 cases in the coming months, it would be wise to keep all COVID-19 measures in place to limit the increase in case counts. (St. Catharines Standard)
  • This past Civic holiday was a tragic long weekend in Ontario with a motor vehicle driver, a motorcyclist, two off-roaders and a kayaker losing their lives in separate incidents. (101.1 More FM)
  • The province of Quebec has announced that it is imposing a vaccine passport system to curb the spread of COVID-19. The passport will allow people who are vaccinated to return to a normal life with some non-essential services only being available to vaccinated people. (Global News)

COVID-19 update for August 5, 2021

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The LocalSKIM for Wednesday, August 4

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  • Four recreation projects in Niagara are getting over $4M from the federal and provincial governments including upgrades to the existing tennis courts and playground at Bogart Street Park in St. Catharines as well as projects in Pelham, Wainfleet and Lincoln. (610 CKTB)
  • After the St. Catharines Lincoln County Humane Society opened a community fridge in July, a second community fridge has now opened at 649 Bunting Street near Lakeshore and will be ran by Covenant Christian Reformed Church. (610 CKTB)
  • Ontario announced today that it will invest up to $25 million to provide portable air filters to every elementary and secondary school without mechanical ventilation to help protect students and staff from COVID-19. (Ottawa Citizen)
  • With the DriveTest Centre in St. Catharines, and other parts of Ontario, booked solid until November 2025, the Ontario government has announced it will open six temporary test facilities, including one in Hamilton that will serve Niagara residents. (St. Catharines Standard)
  • The St. Catharines Athletics have advance to the semifinals of the Ontario Junior Lacrosse League after compiling a 6-2 record. Due to COVID, the OJLL season was replaced with a single-site tournament at the Toronto Rock Athletic Centre. (BP Sports Niagara)
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Zero patients with COVID-19 at Niagara hospitals

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  • For the first time since September 2020, Niagara Health does not have any COVID-19 patients admitted in the hospital.
  • This milestone reflects the impact vaccination against COVID-19 is having on limiting the transmission of the virus in Niagara.

COVID-19 update for Wednesday, August 4

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The LocalSKIM for Tuesday, August 3

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  • Dr. Mustafa Hirji, Niagara’s acting medical officer of health, believes we will likely be stuck dealing with the COVID-19 virus for years to come because more infectious variants make it increasingly difficult to reach herd immunity. (Niagara this Week)
  • The QEW Fort Erie bound from Victoria Ave to Jordan Road was closed for about 5 hours this afternoon following a serious crash. (610 CKTB)
  • Canada’s public health doctors believe Canada is seeing the beginning of a fourth wave of COVID-19 but it isn’t likely to be anywhere near the severity of the first three waves. (610 CKTB)
  • The government released its back-to-school plan today and students will be able to play on sports teams, use instruments in music class and go on field trips. While masks won’t be required when outdoors, inside masks will still need to be worn. (Thorold News)