Masks are mandatory once again in all Nunavut health facilities due to increasing cases of COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses that have been detected, the territory’s Health Department said Tuesday.
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BC’s new masking guidance isn’t enough
As of October 3, masks are mandatory for healthcare workers and visitors in settings that are accessible to patients, including areas where they receive care. This includes spaces like the rooms where doctors and nurses serve patients directly, or areas where patients may stay while waiting, such as lobbies. The policy also extends to contractors or volunteers in the area, but does not include private clinics or patients themselves.
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Face masks mandatory in all areas of Lakeridge Health facilities as of Monday, Oct. 16
As of today, Monday, Oct. 16, everyone is required to wear a medical grade mask when they enter any Lakeridge Health facility.
This is a change from the masking policy Lakeridge Health had in place in July 2023, when masks were only mandatory in patient-facing areas, and were optional but recommended in all other areas of the hospital.
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Covid deaths are on the rise again, so what happens? Mask-wearing in hospitals is scrapped
For some people, going to hospital may now be more dangerous than staying at home untreated. Many clinically vulnerable people fear, sometimes with good reason, that a visit to hospital or the doctors’ surgery could be the end of them.
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Royal Alex becomes first Alberta hospital to bring back required masking
Health-care workers, contractors and patients now have to wear masks in some parts of the Royal Alexandra Hospital, in an effort to slow the spread of COVID‑19.
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Les masques sont de retour dans les hôpitaux et centres de soins à l’Île-du-Prince-Édouard
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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New Zealand Covid response saved 20,000 lives, study says
Government’s strategy, which included closing the border, meant death rate was 80% lower than in the US, according to the New Zealand Medical Journal.
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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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N.B. offers no new advice on COVID-19 as 2 new deaths, rise in hospitalizations reported
New Brunswick has no plans to change its advice about COVID-19, including returning to mandatory masking, the Department of Health said Wednesday.
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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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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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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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