Articles By Elizabeth Payne

• Calls grow to give 2nd vaccine doses to front-line health workers

  Calls grow to give 2nd vaccine doses to front-line health workers

  Many front-line emergency department staff are not fully vaccinated

  Elizabeth Payne 9 hours ago Coronavirus

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• 'We are scared': Nurses plead to be fully vaccinated

  'We are scared': Nurses plead to be fully vaccinated

  Just last week, a nurse in the hard-hit Peel region died as a result of COVID-19

  Elizabeth Payne 2 days ago Coronavirus

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• Hospital apologizes over $1K bill to transport man's body home

  Hospital apologizes over $1K bill to transport man's body home

  Jaime Nguyen says she hopes no other families have to go through what hers has after her uncle died from COVID-19 at Ottawa's Montfort Hospital, far from his Toronto home.

  Elizabeth Payne April 30 Coronavirus

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• Deaths of Ottawa patients at home being investigated by coroner

  Deaths of Ottawa patients at home being investigated by coroner

  Growing numbers of people are becoming ill so quickly with COVID-19 that they don’t have time to seek medical help.

  Elizabeth Payne April 27 Health News

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• Pediatricians raise alarm bells about impact of pandemic on kids

  Pediatricians raise alarm bells about impact of pandemic on kids

  “This is really taking its toll.”

  Elizabeth Payne April 21 Coronavirus

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• Ont. science advisory table says it didn't select hot spots

  Ont. science advisory table says it didn't select hot spots

  A small number of the 114 hot spots, identified by a list of postal codes released by the province, have lower rates of COVID-19 than other communities that were not selected.

  Elizabeth Payne April 16 Coronavirus

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• Why did Kanata get Ont. hot-spot designation with low COVID cases?

  Why did Kanata get Ont. hot-spot designation with low COVID cases?

  K2V was one of three postal codes in Ottawa given the hot-spot designation.

  Elizabeth Payne April 13 Coronavirus

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• Ottawa hospitals receive critically ill COVID patients from GTA

  Ottawa hospitals receive critically ill COVID patients from GTA

  In order to cope with pressures of the surging third wave of the pandemic, critical care beds are being managed province-wide.

  Elizabeth Payne April 12 Coronavirus

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• 'Worst case scenario' critical care triage being considered in Ontario

  'Worst case scenario' critical care triage being considered in Ontario

  As COVID-19 cases hit record highs in Ontario, doctors are preparing to make life and death decisions about who will get critical care.

  Elizabeth Payne April 11 News

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• Risk of death from variants is 60% cent higher, Ont. loosens rules

  Risk of death from variants is 60% cent higher, Ont. loosens rules

  Premier Doug Ford denied the provincial government was sending mixed messages as cases of more serious variants surge and hospitalizations increase.

  Elizabeth Payne March 29 Coronavirus

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