Health P.E.I. is reintroducing the wearing of masks for certain healthcare workers. Cases of COVID-19 are on the rise in care centres.
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COVID-19 masking directives in place at AHS acute-care sites starting Thursday
Alberta Health Services is adopting stricter masking rules in hospitals as it deals with COVID-19 outbreaks, but regions and hospitals are free to ignore the directive.
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N.S. Health reinstates mandatory masking to enter its facilities
Nova Scotia Health is once again making masks mandatory to enter its facilities, the organization said Tuesday.
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Masking returns to Windsor Regional Hospital, Erie Shores HealthCare
With the influenza and COVID-19 viruses expected to ramp up in the second half of October, Windsor Regional Hospital and Erie Shores HealthCare are returning to modified mandatory masking in their facilities.
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Mask mandates are returning to some hospitals. Should they be there to stay?
Some doctors are calling for more preventative measures to protect vulnerable patients in medical settings.
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COVID-19 outbreak declared at Victoria hospital
Health authorities have declared a COVID-19 outbreak at Victoria General Hospital after 11 patients were found to have contracted the illness on an acute-care ward.
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CHEO extending masking requirements in advance of viral season
CHEO is extending mandatory masking requirements to all areas of the hospital where one metre distance cannot be maintained and introducing visitor restrictions, as the children’s hospital prepares for the viral season.
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Horizon brings back mask rules for hospitals ahead of expected COVID increase
Horizon Health Network says it’s bringing back masking requirements in anticipation of an increase in COVID-19 cases and other respiratory viruses in its hospitals and wider community.
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With COVID-19 cases edging up, London hospitals revise masking rules
As cases of COVID-19 climb in the London region, London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) and St. Josephs’s Health Care London are revising their masking rules to require staff and doctors in direct contact with patients to wear masks, and recommend visitors and patients do the same.
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Data on COVID-19 scarce as long-term care homes deal with outbreaks
The province’s online portal on COVID-19 hasn’t been updated since July 24.
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Mandatory masks are back at Montreal’s CHUM, centre-west health board
The Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM) and the regional health board for the city’s centre-west region are bringing back mandatory mask rules.
The rule, which applies to both staff and visitors, took effect on Friday at every facility of the CIUSSS du Centre-Ouest-de-l’Île-de-Montréal. That includes the Montreal Jewish General Hospital.
Comments closedFaced with the increase in cases of COVID-19 and respiratory viruses, wearing a mask will once again be mandatory at the Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM) starting Monday.
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COVID-19 : trois hôpitaux de Kingston imposent le retour du masque obligatoire
The mandatory mask is back in some hospitals in Kingston.
The Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) announced the immediate return to mandatory masks in a press release released Thursday, citing the growing prevalence of COVID-19 in the region.
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Mandatory masking coming back to Kingston’s hospitals
Mandatory masking is returning to Kingston’s hospitals.
Citing “rising COVID-19 prevalence” in the region, Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) announced the immediate return to masking in a media release shared Thursday.
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New COVID-19 wave puts 30 patients in Waterloo Region hospitals as disease surges
The latest COVID-19 wave put 30 patients in local hospitals by Wednesday, the most in five months.
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Some hospitals are bringing back masking – and the general public should consider it this fall too, experts say
As sniffling season falls upon us amid an uptick in COVID-19 cases across the country, should we be bringing masking back in health-care settings and reaching for them more often in our daily lives?
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Mandatory masking rules reinstated at hospitals in Kingston, Ont.
Patients, staff and visitors must now wear a mask in all public facing areas of Kingston General Hospital and Hotel Dieu Hospital in Kingston, Ont.
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Niagara Health reinstating mask mandate for staff starting Monday
All staff at hospitals in the Niagara region will be required to wear a mask starting Monday.
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