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Mask mandate to be lifted at N.L. hospitals Monday

Published March 28, 2024

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If you’re headed to the hospital on Monday, you won’t need to wear a mask as Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services has updated its masking guidelines.

Masking had been required for patients and visitors at health-care facilities since February, but will no longer be required as of Monday, according to NL Health Services.

People who are seeking care and showing symptoms of viruses like COVID-19 will still be required to wear a mask. They can wear their own medical mask to the facility — but not a cloth mask — or get one on-site.

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Mask mandates return to N.L. hospitals today. Here’s what you need to know

Published February 5, 2024

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By Ryan Cooke

If you’re heading to a hospital or other health-care facility after 8 a.m. on Monday, you will be required to put on a mask.

The province has returned to masking mandates in health-care centres for the first time since May 2023. The move comes amid concerns about respiratory illnesses such as COVID-19, influenza, strep A and other airborne viruses.

The provincial health department has said it’s a temporary measure, and will be re-evaluated on March 31.

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N.L. health-care facilities reviving mask mandate, says minister

Published February 1, 2024

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Mandatory masking is returning to all areas where clinical care is provided in health facilities in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Health Minister Tom Osborne told CBC News Thursday the recommendation was made by the Infection Prevention And Control team at N.L. Health Services, aiming to protect people inside the hospital and those entering the facilities.

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COVID-19 mortality rates are up in N.L., and reporting efforts are down, researcher saysPhoto of Tara Moriarty, a professor and researcher at the University of Toronto. She has long, grey and white hair, and she is wearing glasses.
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COVID-19 mortality rates are up in N.L., and reporting efforts are down, researcher says

Published December 16, 2023

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By Alex Kennedy

An infectious disease researcher says COVID-19 cases in Newfoundland and Labrador are on the rise again — and that it comes at a time when the province isn’t showing the full picture when it comes to reporting statistics.

Tara Moriarty, a researcher and professor at the University of Toronto, told CBC News that COVID-19 cases are up across the country heading into the holiday season. And while Newfoundland and Labrador is in a slightly better situation, she said, her research indicates that about one in every 37 residents are infected by COVID-19.

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Arguing long COVID is being downplayed, an advocate has launched this St. John’s billboard

Published December 14, 2023

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By Elizabeth Whitten

A new billboard has popped up along a prominent road in St. John’s, warning people of the long-term effects of COVID-19 and to take precautionary measures.

The Topsail Road sign — which says “Long COVID ruins lives. Mask up” — was organized not by health officials, but a group concerned about the impact of the disease.

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Baisse de l’espérance de vie en Atlantique : la COVID-19, principale responsable

Published November 27, 2023

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Life expectancy fell in the four Atlantic provinces in 2022. COVID-19 is one of the causes put forward by Statistics Canada to explain the phenomenon.

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Long COVID patient feels ‘discarded’ by N.L. government, says it’s deflecting responsibility for condition

Published November 2, 2023

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By Jessica Singer

Newfoundland and Labrador’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Janice Fitzgerald, says addressing and treating long COVID isn’t within the purview of public health.

It’s left some patients in the province feeling left behind.

“There’s so many people that are likely suffering that have no clue because there is no provincial directive,” said Stacey Alexander, a teacher from Corner Brook who has been suffering from long COVID since the beginning of 2020.

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The N.L. government has been downplaying COVID-19 deaths for months

Published April 24, 2023

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By Daniel MacEachern

Newfoundland and Labrador’s online COVID-19 data hub doesn’t always accurately reflect how many people have died of the virus, according to data collected by CBC News.

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Osborne ‘optimistic’ about getting 4,000 air purifiers before school starts. But is it realistic?

Published August 18, 2021

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Newfoundland and Labrador’s education minister says 4,000 classrooms across the province will likely have an air purification system by the time school starts in September.

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