Wellington County

WELLINGTON COUNTY – New and active COVID-19 cases in the region have dropped to levels not seen here since early November. However, another Wellington County resident, the 32nd since the onset of the pandemic, has died with the virus.

FERGUS – The vaccination centre at the Centre Wellington Community Sportsplex opened at 10am on Feb. 19 and public health anticipated inoculating 300 people that day.

GUELPH – Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) has started reporting workplace COVID-19 outbreaks on its website.

FERGUS – A COVID-19 mass vaccination clinic will open at the Centre Wellington Community Sportsplex here on Feb. 19. The site, which will initially vaccinate "high-risk" groups such as heath care workers, is one of three "hub clinics" that will be operated by WDGPH.

CENTRE WELLINGTON – There’s good news and bad in the passing of Bill 213, the Better for People, Smarter for Business Act, 2020, and as April 1 approaches, the local group Save Our Water is bracing for what may come.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – The number of calls for OPP assistance dropped substantially across Wellington County in 2020.

WELLINGTON COUNTY - A big box safety inspection blitz is scheduled for Feb. 25 to 28, in Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Nine days after returning to class, 12 schools in the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) region, including two in Wellington County, are reporting student COVID-19 cases.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – The reopenings are a response to the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) region’s return this week to the red (control) level of the province’s COVID-19 alert system.