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22.01.2021 / 02:17

Durham doctor and husband who contracted U.K. variant now facing charges

variant of COVID-19 are now facing charges.It comes after Ontario Public Health alleged the couple did in fact come in contact with a traveler from Britain.Brian and Martina Weir are each facing three charges under the Health Protection and Promotion Act of Ontario. The legislation is intended to prevent the spread of disease and has been used to enforce COVID-19-related restrictions.According to Durham Health, when the couple initially tested positive in December, they told officials they had no exposure to the U.K.

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‘Bulldog Fiesta Passport’ program hopes to keep Durham businesses alive during holidays

coronavirus pandemic, an Oshawa restaurant has brought forward an interactive initiative to help a number of owners make it through the holiday season.Julie Eves took over Bulldog Pub & Grill in February, just before the pandemic hit. She’s been fighting tooth and nail to stay afloat ever since, using any revenue she gets to barely cover the bills.“We didn’t pay ourselves for about four months,” she said.“We just had to pay the bills.

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Ontario Tech professor says far-UVC light could curtail COVID-19 transmission

Ontario Tech University professor in the faculty of energy systems and nuclear science says early research into a form of ultra-violet light that’s intended to prevent COVID-19 transmission is yielding positive results.Through computer simulations, Kirk Atkinson is exploring preliminary research from Columbia University in the U.S. that suggests far-UVC lamps could be used to significantly reduce the spread of the virus in enclosed spaces.“We found that we could get upwards of 85 per cent of (virus) killings in the air using this approach,” Atkinson says.

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Durham travel specialist offering virtual, interactive, live vacation experience

Canadian tourism sector needs help through ‘very, very dire’ straits: industry heads Turberfield, who sells luxury travel experiences, knew she had to do something.“I realized that people were missing travel,” said Turberfield.“I wanted to keep people connected to travel, and thinking this is not the end of the world, we are going to travel again.”From that came the idea of virtual vacation experiences.Building partnerships with key characters on the ground in the Caribbean over the past 20 years in her career , she now offers an interactive vacation environment, now departing for Antigua.“They are arranging to go live from Nelson’s Dockyard and from one of the resorts,” she said.

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Lakeridge Health says it’s under extreme budget pressures

Durham Mental Health Services integrates with Lakeridge Health The memo also said that union leaders have been notified about planned staff reductions, however Lakeridge confirmed today that it was only a restructuring of their departments, with minimal impact to employees.“Implementing these services will require shifting of how and where services are offered,” said John Perenak with Lakeridge.“We must follow collective bargaining agreements, which means moving an employee from one team to another requires a layoff notice, at the same time as a job offer.”When Global News asked if this included voluntary layoffs, they said they are working through collective agreements in the process.The Durham hospital network says in the major

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Coronavirus: Community partnership aims to help youth cope with social isolation during pandemic

COVID-19 pandemic.The college will be working with Big Brothers Big Sisters North Durham by studying relationships between mentors and mentees between the ages of six and 18 to enhance virtual mentorship.Crystal Garvey, a Durham College professor and one of the project’s key researchers, says the goal is to help kids manage their anxiety during times of social isolation, while still being able to form a meaningful bond with their mentor.“We’re doing data collection, finding out the impacts social isolation really has had on our ‘littles,’ but not only the social isolation, but mental health and mental wellness,” she said.

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Ontario Regiment Museum in Oshawa to reopen with COVID-19 screening — performed by AI

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Some Durham businesses remain closed as region reopens with Stage 3

Durham municipalities not rushing Phase 3 reopening “We won’t be leaving the carafe on the table anymore,” says Sneha Singh, who works as a server at the restaurant.“We’re going to take the cream and milk and ask them how they want it, basically kinda make it for them, but not touch it,” she says.“This would eliminate more touching of the basket.”Restaurants have to follow strict cleaning procedures and are only able to seat 50 per cent of their capacity.

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Durham municipalities not rushing Phase 3 reopening

coronavirus pandemic reopening plan, which means several businesses that have been closed for months are now able to resume operations.When it comes to municipal services, however, each city or town is at their own discretion in terms of what will open and when.“Just because you can doesn’t mean you should,” said Shaun Collier, Ajax mayor.Collier said throughout the pandemic, Ajax has taken a more cautious approach than some of its neighbours and that’s not about to change.He said it takes time to get things back online and he’s concerned the province is moving too quickly.“The last thing I want to do is undo all the hard work that we’ve done and have to start over again at day one,” said Collier.

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Durham municipalities not rushing stage 3 reopen

Durham has officially entered phase three and that means several businesses are now able to re-open. But when it comes to municipal services, each city or town determines what will open and when. Aaron Streck reports.

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