157 Talbot St. E. Leamington
519-322-2555
Leamington
www.petespaint.ca
PLUMBING • HEATING • HVAC SERVICES •
Vol. 11, Issue 25
5-day indoor-outdoor
Wednesday, July 22, 2020
519-326-9010
FREE
PREMIER KEEPS HAIRCUT PROMISE
sidewalk sale
IS ON NOW!
35-50%
OFF
CLOTHING & FOOTWEAR See our ad on Page 3
9 Erie St. N. 519-326-2222
From Environment Canada WED., JULY 22 THUR., JULY 23 high
30
28
FRI., JULY 24
SAT., JULY 25
26
29
high
high
high
high
high
SUN., JULY 26 MON., JULY 27
31
31
JUST A LITTLE OFF THE SIDES LEAMINGTON — Ontario Premier Doug Ford promised weeks ago that he would come to Windsor-Essex to get his first haircut since the COVID-19 pandemic began. On Thursday, July 16, the Premier and his entourage arrived in Leamington for a hair appointment at Mastronardi Barbering on Talbot Street West. Henry Mastronardi, who’s been in business for 56 years,
was happy to oblige the Premier and gave him a nice trim. Ford followed up the haircut with a trip to Kingsville, where he stopped at Jack’s Gastro Pub and had a tour of Sun-Brite Foods in Ruthven, before moving on to Chatham-Kent for a stop at Craven Farms. Dozens of people gathered to get photos with the Premier at the barbershop in Leamington. Sun photo
Concern for potential outbreak
Hospital scales back visitor policy to Phase 1 G O LF
T
OU
NT
Signature RNAME
September 17, 2020 See ad on page 5 for details
By Mark Ribble LEAMINGTON — Erie Shores HealthCare has scaled back their visitor policy, just a week after announcing they were relaxing the visitation rules at the hospital. Due to a significant rise in COVID cases at the Assessment Centre and in the Emergency Department, the hospital has had to tighten things back up. According to Dr. Ross Moncur, Chief of Staff and interim CEO for ESHC, there is definite potential for an outbreak locally. “These are early indications of a potential outbreak of COVID in our community,” he
said. “Our goal in this situation is to monitor the data carefully and to stay ahead of any potential spikes. “ Erie Shores HealthCare’s COVID unit, which has been as high as 50 per cent full, is now at capacity. “We treat people with symptoms as COVID positive until we get their test results back, so there may be some overlap there,” he said. While Dr. Moncur stopped short of saying the community should be alarmed, he agreed it is concerning. “We should be a bit wary,” he said. He agreed that he is as tired of the restric-
tions as everyone else, but we need to keep up the fight against the virus. “As restrictions are lifted, we need to be diligent,” he said. Over the past weekend, the hospital has reverted back to Phase 1 of their visitor policy, re-implementing active staff screening, including temperatures, at all entrances, reinforcing the use of masks at all times in the building, transitioning all meetings back to virtual meetings and they are requiring non-essential staff to work from home. HOSPITAL - Page 2
OPEN BY APPOINTMENT Please call 519-324-0078 to book your appointment. Curbside pick up of all products also available.
Visit www.laserlooks.ca to view a list of products and services.
2 4 5 TA L B O T S T. W. S U I T E 1 0 2 , L E A M I N G TO N | 5 1 9 . 3 2 4 . 0 0 7 8
