Wellington County

GUELPH – A cheque from The Foundation of Guelph General Hospital in the amount of $4,273,735 was hand delivered to the hospital’s finance department recently.

GUELPH – The County of Wellington is back in the emergency child care business. The county announced on Jan. 5 it is working with licensed child care operators in Guelph and Wellington County to offer an Emergency School Age Child Care Program.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Public health is encouraging more drop-in vaccinations, particularly for students and education workers, while also reserving Pfizer doses for those under 30 due to limited supply.

WELLINGTON COUNTY - A recent narrowing of the eligibility criteria for who can access publicly-funded COVID-19 tests, combined with a shortage of available rapid antigen tests, is causing some Wellington County residents to seek out options elsewhere.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) has declared 12 COVID-19 outbreaks at health care facilities across the region.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Following the provincial government’s decision to suspend COVID-19 case reporting in schools and child care settings, schools across the province have been left in the dark while they await further guidance from the province.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) has reported 1,481 new COVID-19 cases during the first weekend of the new year. As of Jan. 4, active cases across the health unit have risen to a new record-high of 2,593.

TORONTO - The province will enter a modified version of stage two of Ontario's Roadmap to Reopen on Jan. 5. Students will wait until at least Jan. 17 to return to in-class learning, gatherings will be limited and indoor dining and other businesses and facilities will be closed.