We'll know more about the region’s vaccination plan and pandemic response this morning.
Dr. Jim Chirico, Medical Officer of Health will be joined by a panel of local experts from the North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit at a news conference at 10 a.m.
Included on the panel are Dr. Carol Zimbalatti, Public Health Physician, Shannon Mantha, Executive Director of Clinical Services and Chief Nursing Officer, and Andrea McLellan, Director of COVID-19 Immunization Strategy.
The region entered the red zone today after being in a lockdown.
BayToday will cover the news conference and will provide a full report.
See: Here's what you need to know about Phase Two of the vaccine rollout
And: Lockdown over! North Bay Parry Sound returning to 'Red' level
The latest stats this morning show six active cases in North Bay-Parry Sound, with four in Nipissing and two in Parry Sound. It bring to 268 the total number of cases.
Meanwhile, Official Opposition leader Andrea Horwath is proposing that people should be able to leave work without having their pay docked if their chance to get the COVID vaccine comes during their work hours.
“No one should have to choose between keeping their appointment for the life-saving COVID vaccine, or losing out on wages they need to pay the bills,” said Horwath. “We need to make it easy for people to choose to do the right thing and get the vaccine.”
Horwath’s proposal mirrors Ontario’s Election Act rules for voting. The Act gives employees qualified to vote three consecutive hours of time off to vote during polling hours, without any reduction in pay.
