Tag: Kurji
York Region opens free isolation centre for COVID-19
By: Mike Anderson
York Region has opened a free COVID-19 Voluntary Isolation Centre for residents who can't self-isolate safely from others in their household.
The centre...
Businesses face $5K fine for violating COVID-19 rules
By: Mike Anderson
York Region will begin charging businesses that fail to stop or prevent the spread of COVID-19, according to a media release issued...
Residents demand local testing as province approves only one pharmacy in...
By: Mike Anderson
While up to 60 pharmacies in Ontario are now providing free COVID-19 testing, so far, only one pharmacy has been approved in...
Large events should be avoided as seventh case of COVID-19 confirmed:...
By: Mike Anderson
With the number of positive COVID-19 cases rising to seven in York Region, Dr. Karim Kurji, York's Medical Officer of Health, says...
A firm handshake used to be the measure of a person’s...
By: Mike Anderson
York Region’s Medical Officer of Health Dr. Karim Kurji wants us to stop greeting people by shaking their hands. Instead, he says...
Newmarket woman with coronavirus did not travel to Georgina
By: Mike Anderson
A 70-year-old Newmarket woman, who tested positive for COVID-19 at Southlake Regional Health Centre on February 29, did not travel to Georgina,...
Ontario reports three new cases of novel coronavirus, B.C reports one...
Health officials in two provinces confirmed four new cases of the novel coronavirus in Canada on Saturday, but insisted the disease is not widely circulating in this country despite the...
