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      In mid-April 2020, Dean Michel issued a challenge to his local community: raise $500 for Coboconk and Area Food Bank and he would jump in Balsam Lake on May 2, 2020. When the goal was surpassed, he included Jennifer Bacon into the challenge and the goal was upped to $1000. …

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      Canada launched the COVID Alert app on July 31, 2020. Using Bluetooth signals available through smartphones, it alerted users to COVID-19 exposure, offered advice on what to do following exposure, and let others know when you tested positive without sharing personal information.

      On November 23rd the Ontario government announced people from Grey lockdown zones would no longer be able to come to Lindsay or any area out of their zone for a drivers test. The move came after numerous complaints from residents about the dangers of people from Coronavirus hotspots leaving their …

      The Bobcaygeon Chest Fund donated almost $20,000 to the Bobcaygeon Legion so they can build an outdoor patio to help keep vets safe during COVID.

      The local health unit was moved to "Yellow-Protect" effective December 7, 2020. The health unit provides reports from Monday to Friday, excluding statutory holidays. Confirmed positive: 333, including 202 in Kawartha Lakes, 104 in Northumberland, 27 in Haliburton (net increase of 2, including 3 in Northumberland) *Active cases: 31, including …

 Lindsay Advocate, The Lindsay Advocate (Lindsay, Ontario: Roderick Benns), June 2020     12 Kawartha Lakes residents shared what has helped them cope and gotten them through the COVID-19 pandemic so far.

 VanMeer, Pamela, Kawartha411.ca, 13 Nov 2020     Two Fenelon Falls businesses partnered to create a unique, pandemic safe shopping experience, allowing up to eight people in the same social bubble for 45 minutes.

      As the city updated service levels in Stage 3 of provincial reopenings, Parks, Recreation and Culture re-opened several facilities.

      Ross Memorial Hospital implemented additional safety measures to protect patients, visitors and staff. Measures included visitors limited to 1 designated visitor and only one, medical-grade masks provided to all patients and visitors after screening, continuation of care programs and surgeries, and a reminder not to wait to visit the Emergency …

      Five creative solutions and new ways of working together emerged as a result of the unique situations health care providers and social agencies were faced with during COVID-19.

      The city reopened fitness classes at the Lindsay Recreation Complex on August 10, 2020, with strict participant limits and specific COVID-19 fitness rules. These rules included maintaining physical distancing from others, no access to change rooms or lockers, following directional signage, removing outdoor footwear, and wearing a mask when anywhere …

      A list of the health unit regions that were and were not allowed to move to Stage Two of re-openings on June 12, 2020.

      Tsang, Health Equity Coordinator, Haliburton Kawartha Lakes Pine Ridge District Health Unit, wondered about the type of world we might want to live in post-pandemic.

      Practical Nursing Graduate Mackenzie Lotton shared her experience of the Fleming College program and working alongside her mother at Ross Memorial Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic.

      The local district health unit announced that the outbreaks declared at Kawartha Lakes Retirement Residence (Bobcaygeon) and at Empire Crossing Retirement Home (Port Hope) were over. Outbreaks were declared at these two residences on May 12, 2020, and May 16, 2020 respectively.

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      A roundup of the research that acknowledged that the transmission of COVID-19 was possible via aerosolized respiratory microdroplets that could travel farther than the 2 metres/6 foot separation of social distancing.

      Sitting in a jail cell at Central East Correctional Centre feels like waiting around for an inevitable fate of getting COVID-19, says one inmate.

      The Ontario Government says it is investing $60,000 to help Fire Services in Haliburton- Kawartha Lakes-Brock address the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The City of Kawartha Lakes Fire and Rescue will receive $23,000 according to MPP Laurie Scott.