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recovering from their infection. %S3PVNFMJPUJTBMTPOPUFEUIBUUIF&0)6 MJLFUIFSFTUPG0OUBSJP IBEBTNBMMTVSHF over the past weekend in the number of its BDUJWF$07*%DBTFT0OUBSJPPWFSBMMIBE 400 new cases over the weekend, with 12 PG UIFN JO UIF&0)6 SFHJPO5IBUQVTIFE the region’s total active case figure to 16 GPSUIF"VHVTUTVNNBSZ Two of the cases required hospitalization, with one person needing intensive care unit treatment. Dr. Roumeliotis cited these new cases to support his urging residents to get their second dose of vaccine as soon as possible. i*DBOUFMMZPVUIBUUIFTF DBTFT IBWF CFFOFJUIFSVOWBDDJOBUFEPSQBSUMZWBDDJOBUFE individuals,” he said. Vaccination strategy 5IF&0)6NBTT WBDDJOBUJPODMJOJDQSP gram ends August 27 but Dr. Roumeliotis affirmed that the health unit will continue UPJUTWBDDJOBUJPOTUSBUFHZXJUIBGPDVTPO getting “vulnerable individuals” protected. That includes scheduling “pop up” clinics JOSVSBMBSFBTPGUIF&0)6XIFSFSFTJEFOUT have, for various reasons, been unable to attend one of the mass vaccination clinics held in the villages and towns. r. Roumeliotis noted that pharmacies XJMMBMTPDPOUJOVF UPIBWF$07*%WBD cine available for people who want to make appointments for either their first or second dose. 5IF&0)6JTXPSLJOHXJUITDIPPMCPBSET to ensure that students and staff in scho ols are vaccinated when schools reopen in September. i8FXBOUUPQSPUFDUUIFWVMOFSBCMF uTBJE Dr. Roumeliotis, when asked if he believed WBDDJOBUJPOTIPVMECFNBOEBUPSZGPSTUBGG BOETUVEFOUTBUBSFBTDIPPMTi.ZBOTXFS JTZFTu )FFYQMBJOFE UIBU UFBDIFSTBOEPMEFS students should be vaccinated to ensure UIBU ZPVOHFS TUVEFOUT XIPNBZ OPU CF WBDDJOBUFEZFUGPSWBSJPVTSFBTPOT BSFOPU QVUBUSJTL)FTBJEUIFTBNFBQQMJFTGPSBMM staff working in care homes, hospitals, and other facilities where there are seniors or QFPQMFXJUIXFBLJNNVOFTZTUFNT No need for vaccine? 4JODF UIF QBOEFNJD CFHBO MBTU ZFBS NBOZQFPQMFDPOUSBDUFE UIFWJSVTCFGPSF BOZWBDDJOFFYJTUFE5IFRVFTUJPOPGXIFUIFS UIPTFXIPTVSWJWFE$07*%JOGFDUJPOBSF now immune remains unanswered.
Any chance of an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in Eastern Ontario will be more of “a ripple” than “a wave” according to the region’s chief medical officer. “Those (past) resurgences will minimize as we get more people vaccinated,” said Dr. Paul Roumeliotis, during his regular media information session August 9. 5IFIFBEPGUIF&BTUFSO0OUBSJP)FBMUI 6OJU &0)6 DPOUJOVFEUPGPDVTBUUFOUJPOPO the need for more people to reschedule their vaccination appointments to earlier dates in "VHVTUCFGPSFUIF&0)6QSPHSBNPGNBTT vaccination clinics ends this month. Right OPX&0)6WBDDJOBUJPOTUBUJTUJDTTIPXUIBU 80.8 per cent of the region’s population, ages 12 and up, have received their first EPTFPGPOFPGUIF$07*%WBDDJOFTBOE that 70.4 per cent of the population have received their second dose. &WFSZPOF XIP IBT IBE UXP EPTFT PG vaccine will have, within two weeks of their last inoculation, “full protection status” BHBJOTU UIF SJTLPG$07*% JOGFDUJPOBT UIFJS CPEJFT JNNVOF TZTUFNT CFDPNF resistant to the virus and able to fight it off. Regional vaccination goal 7BDDJOBUJPOUPUBMTJOUIFQFSDFOUBOE QFSDFOUSBOHFTBSFHPPECVU%S3PVNF liotis and other regional health officials think UIFZDBOCFCFUUFSUPSFEVDFPSFMJNJOBUFUIF new threat of the Delta variant and other $07*%NVUBUJPOTJOUIF&0)6SFHJPO “I’d like it to be at 90 per cent,” he said, SFGFSSJOHUPUIFTFDPOEEPTFàHVSFTi5IBU XPVMEHJWFVTBHPPEAIFSEJNNVOJUZBHBJOTU Delta.” i)FSEJNNVOJUZuNFBOTUIBUUIFHSFBUFS the population total of residents with full immunization in the region, the less chance there is of either someone getting one of the variants from travelling outside the area BOECSJOHJOHJUCBDLUP&BTUFSO0OUBSJP PSPG someone coming in from outside the region, who has one of the variants, infecting a resident during their visit. Delta variant The Delta variant has made an appea SBODFJOUIF&0)6SFHJPOXJUIJOUIFQBTUGFX weeks. But those cases are limited to six and Dr. Roumeliotis noted that the infected XFSF JTPMBUFE SJHIUBXBZBOEBSFBMMOPX classed as “resolved” with the individuals
Le nombre de personnes vaccinées contre le COVID-19 dans le Bureau de santé de l’est de l’Ontario continue d’augmenter et les responsables de la santé souhaitent qu’au moins 90 % de la population de la région reçoive deux doses de vaccin d’ici la fin du mois d’août afin de réduire ou d’éliminer le risque de contagion de la souche Delta ou d’autres variantes du virus. —photo d’archives
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still in progress and he thinks “better safe UIBOTPSSZuJTUIFCFTUTUSBUFHZGPSGPSNFS $07*%QBUJFOUT i1FPQMFXIPIBE$07*%TIPVMETUJMMHFU vaccinated,” he said.
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