Toronto’s Sunnybrook hospital is facing an outbreak of COVID-19 as Ontario reported 105 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Monday, a fourth straight day in the triple digits for the province.
The hospital says it has identified a total of four cases, after recently detecting a positive case in one of its units. When that was confirmed, the hospital says it rapidly tested all patients in the unit and identified the three other infections.
Two of those four patients remain at the hospital, while all other patients in the unit have tested negative for COVID-19
“When an outbreak is declared, affected patients are isolated immediately, and control measures are put in place, including staff being dedicated to the unit and following strict precautions, increased surveillance, testing and enhanced cleaning measures,” says a statement on the hospital’s website.
Sunnybrook remains open with procedures operating as usual and remains safe for patients and visitors, the statement says.
Monday’s 0.3 per cent increase in total cases across Ontario comes as the province’s network of labs processed just under 18,800 tests on Sunday, Health Minister Christine Elliott said in a series of tweets.
“I’m watching it like a hawk,” said Premier Doug Ford at his daily news conference.
Ford pointed out that 75 of the new cases are limited to three regions: Ottawa, Peel, and Toronto.
If you take those three away, Ford said, “the province and the people are doing great,” with thirty of the province’s 34 health units reporting five or fewer cases of the illness in today’s update.
Of those, 19 reported zero new cases at all.
Are young people getting ‘more casual’ about distancing?
Ottawa reported 24 new cases, Peel Region 21, and in the City of Toronto there were 30 new cases. Most of the people who tested positive for the novel coronavirus are in 20-39 age group — a consistent trend observed in recent weeks.
Dr. David Williams, Ontario’s chief medical officer of health, said the overall picture remains “reassuring” despite the return to new case numbers in the low triple digits
He did express concern that some young people are starting to get “more casual” about physical distancing and public health rules — and says he’s worried about how the return to post-secondary institutions will affect that.
“We’re trying to look at different strategies” to communicate with young people, Williams said.
“We want to be targeting our message very carefully.”
Williams also noted that the absolute number of young people contracting COVID-19 hasn’t changed significantly over the pandemic, but said that as cases in other age groups have decreased, the proportion of those infections have gone up.
Concerns about in-class time for high school students
At Monday’s news conference, Ford and Education Minister Stephen Lecce also fielded questions about the preparations for back to school, including the push to get high school students into physical classrooms for at least half of their learning day.
Lecce told reporters that the province has spent “hundreds of hours” working with school boards to help them get there.
In the case of the York Region District School Board, Lecce said the target of 50 per cent in-class instruction has been hit, an “improvement” from that boards previous plan, which saw the percentage of in-class instruction at closer to 25 per cent.
When pressed, however, Lecce said that that improvement includes using a “study hall model,” in which students are in schools but voluntarily work on assignments independently.
“We have been discussing this for a little while,” said Ford, who said Loblaws CEO Galen Weston has been “cooperative.”
Today’s COVID-19 data also shows one less person is in the hospital, bringing current number of hospitalizations down to 40. However, one additional person has been put on a ventilator. There are now seven patients with confirmed cases of COVID-19 being ventilated in the province.
Ontario has now seen a total of 41,507 confirmed infections of the novel coronavirus since the outbreak began in late January, with more than 90 per cent of those now considered resolved.
COVID-19 has claimed the lives of 2,798 people, according to the province’s official reporting system, however a CBC News count based on data from public health units puts the actual toll at 2,834.
All of the figures used in this story are found in the Ministry of Health’s daily update, which includes data from up until 4 p.m. the previous day. The number of cases for any particular region on a given day may differ from what is reported by the local public health unit, which often avoid lag times in the provincial system.
REGINA – A woman told a jury Tuesday that a Regina chiropractor reached into her bra and grabbed her breast without her consent during an appointment.
The 47-year-old woman, who cannot be identified due to a publication ban, testified she went to see chiropractor Ruben Manz in 2011 to treat pain in her neck, shoulders, lower back and hips.
Manz is accused of sexually assaulting seven women over 10 years while they were under his care.
The complainant said she was sitting on an exam table when Manz placed a hand on her shoulder, pulled her head to one side and put a hand in her shirt.
He asked if she was OK, she said, and she replied yes but was hesitant.
She told the trial that Manz then moved his hand into her bra and pulled her breast.
“He said, ‘Just relax. It’s part of the treatment,’ And I said, ‘The hell it is,’” the woman testified.
“I got up, grabbed my stuff and left the room.”
The woman told the jury what happened to her was wrong and no other chiropractor had touched her that way.
She stopped seeing Manz immediately, she said.
“I didn’t trust him. He violated me.”
The woman said she reported Manz to a chiropractors’ association the next day. In 2021, after reading a news report about criminal charges against Manz, she went to police.
“He did this to somebody else, so I was mad,” she said.
She said she regularly seeks treatment for muscle strain and adjustments to her shoulders, hips and spine.
“I have to work very hard to find the strength to trust people to put their hands on me,” she added.
Defence lawyer Kathy Hodgson-Smith questioned the complainant about what she remembered, including how many appointments she had with Manz, the clothes she was wearing and how many people she told about her allegation.
The woman said she couldn’t remember exactly how many times she saw Manz. She recalled wearing a supportive bra meant to prevent pressure to her chest.
She said she’s been open about sharing what happened with others if the topic of bad experiences comes up.
“I remember that one incident with him like it was yesterday,” the woman testified.
“I remembered it this whole time — not because it came up in a news report or because I talked about it.
“Because it wasn’t OK. And I haven’t had a chiropractor before then or since then do that to me.”
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 5, 2024.
Tim Houston, who is seeking a second term as Nova Scotia premier, said he had no plans to invite Poilievre to join him on the campaign ahead of the Nov. 26 provincial election. He explained the provincial Progressive Conservatives have no formal ties with the Tories in Ottawa — and he made a point of saying he is not a member of the federal party. Experts say it also is because the latest polls suggest Atlantic Canadians have not warmed to Poilievre. (Nov. 5, 2024)
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — It has been a rough few days for Clemson coach Dabo Swinney. First, his 19th-ranked Tigers lost to Louisville on Saturday night, then he was told he couldn’t vote Tuesday at his polling place.
Swinney, whose given name is William, explained that the voting system had locked him out, saying a “William Swinney” had already voted last week. Swinney said it was his oldest son, Will, and not him.
“They done voted me out of the state,” Swinney said. “We’re 6-2 and 5-1 (in the Atlantic Coast Conference), man. They done shipped me off.”
Dabo Swinney had to complete a paper ballot and was told there will be a hearing on Friday to resolve the issue.
“I was trying to do my best and be a good citizen and go vote,” he said. “Sometimes doing your best ain’t good enough. You have to keep going though, keep figuring it out.”
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