Thread by @jfrketich, This thread contains @TheSpec #COVID19 coverage for April 13Fourth death at downtown [...]

This thread contains @TheSpec #COVID19 coverage for April 13
Fourth death at downtown #HamOnt retirement home; HHS plans to use Sheraton to make space for #coronavirus surge https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/2020/04/13/fourth-death-at-downtown-hamilton-retirement-home-hhs-plans-to-use-sheraton-to-make-space-for-covid-19-surge.html

Fourth death at downtown Hamilton retirement home; HHS plans to use Sheraton to make space for...

Sources say Hamilton Health Sciences will move dozens of patients to King Street East Hotel

https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/2020/04/13/fourth-death-at-downtown-hamilton-retirement-home-hhs-plans-to-use-sheraton-to-make-space-for-covid-19-surge.html

‘We are scared’: Personal support worker describes courage needed on the front lines of #COVID19 in long-term care. Walk a day in a PSW's shoes to see the toll in the hardest-hit sector in the health care system https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/2020/04/13/we-are-scared-psw-describes-courage-needed-on-the-front-lines-of-covid-19-in-long-term-care.html

‘We are scared’: PSW describes courage needed on the front lines of COVID-19 in long-term care

Walk a day in the life of a PSW working in long-term care from the stresses that follow her to work to the worries that keep her up at night.

https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/2020/04/13/we-are-scared-psw-describes-courage-needed-on-the-front-lines-of-covid-19-in-long-term-care.html

Downtown #HamOnt retirement home hit by #COVID19 outbreak cited for dozens of violations since 2018 Story by @TheSpec https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/2020/04/13/downtown-hamilton-retirement-home-hit-by-covid-19-outbreak-cited-for-dozens-of-violations-since-2018.html

Downtown Hamilton retirement home hit by COVID-19 outbreak cited for dozens of violations since 2018

The Herkimer Street home has had four COVID deaths, while 22 residents and 13 staff have been infected

https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/2020/04/13/downtown-hamilton-retirement-home-hit-by-covid-19-outbreak-cited-for-dozens-of-violations-since-2018.html

Ruined clothing piles up at closed #HamOnt collection bins during #COVID19 pandemic Story by @Mattatthespec https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/2020/04/13/covid-19-ruined-clothing-piles-up-at-closed-collection-bins-during-pandemic.html

COVID-19: Ruined clothing piles up at closed collection bins during pandemic

Charities and the city are urging you to ignore the urge to purge — or at least hold on to donations until after the pandemic.

https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/2020/04/13/covid-19-ruined-clothing-piles-up-at-closed-collection-bins-during-pandemic.html

Over half of Anson Place residents have #COVID19 as death toll hits 15 Story by @jpantonacci https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/2020/04/13/over-half-of-anson-place-residents-have-covid-19-as-death-toll-hits-13.html

Over half of Anson Place residents have COVID-19 as death toll hits 13

COVID-19 death toll at Anson Place climbs to 13 while six staff at West Haldimand General Hospital test positive.

https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/2020/04/13/over-half-of-anson-place-residents-have-covid-19-as-death-toll-hits-13.html

Raising donations for #COVID19 is in the (tarot) cards for #HamOnt health-care worker Story by @fallonhewitt_ https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/2020/04/08/raising-donations-is-in-the-tarot-cards-for-hamilton-health-care-worker.html

Raising donations is in the (tarot) cards for Hamilton health-care worker

Shannon MacKinnon turns to her hobby of tarot to help Hamilton Food Share

https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/2020/04/08/raising-donations-is-in-the-tarot-cards-for-hamilton-health-care-worker.html

Easter meal for the homeless in #HamOnt goes takeout style during #COVID19 pandemic story by @Mattatthespec https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/2020/04/08/easter-meal-for-the-homeless-goes-takeout-style-during-covid-19-pandemic.html

Easter meal for the homeless goes takeout style during COVID-19 pandemic

Good Shepherd organizers normally prepare a communal holiday meal for up to 400 people. “For now, we just have to do things a little differently.”

https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/2020/04/08/easter-meal-for-the-homeless-goes-takeout-style-during-covid-19-pandemic.html

Don’t go down this road, says @ontarionurses about reusing masks. Staff at @HamHealthSci in #HamOnt told to bring their own plastic container to store masks during their shift. https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/2020/04/13/dont-go-down-this-road-says-ontario-nurses-association-about-reusing-masks.html

Don’t go down this road, says Ontario Nurses’ Association about reusing masks

Health-care workers at Hamilton Health Sciences must bring their own plastic container to store their mask every time they take it off during their sh...

https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/2020/04/13/dont-go-down-this-road-says-ontario-nurses-association-about-reusing-masks.html

Researchers @McMasterU working on home test for #COVID19 Story by @fallonhewitt_ https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/2020/04/13/mcmaster-university-researchers-working-on-home-test-for-covid-19.html

McMaster University researchers working on home test for COVID-19

The self-diagnosis kit can be done from home, limiting exposure to others, and produce results in less than half an hour

https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/2020/04/13/mcmaster-university-researchers-working-on-home-test-for-covid-19.html

Flight to #HamOnt delivers 75,000 pounds of personal protection equipment for health care workers during #COVID19 Story by @TheSpec https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/2020/04/13/flight-to-hamilton-delivers-75000-pounds-of-personal-protection-equipment-for-health-care-workers.html

Flight to Hamilton delivers 75,000 pounds of personal protection equipment for health care workers

Cargojet flight arrives from Shanghai

https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/2020/04/13/flight-to-hamilton-delivers-75000-pounds-of-personal-protection-equipment-for-health-care-workers.html

$100,000 donated to Hamilton Food Share by @BulldogsOHL owner and team foundation #Hamont #COVID19 Story by @radleyatthespec https://www.thespec.com/sports/bulldogs/opinion/2020/04/13/bulldogs-owner-can-feel-the-need-to-help-feed-others.html

Bulldogs owner, team foundation donates $100,000 to Hamilton Food Share

Michael Andlauer can feel the need to help feed others

https://www.thespec.com/sports/bulldogs/opinion/2020/04/13/bulldogs-owner-can-feel-the-need-to-help-feed-others.html

Justice system propelled by #COVID19 into digital reform Story by @susanclairmont https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/opinion/2020/04/07/justice-system-propelled-by-covid-19-into-digital-reform.html

Justice system propelled by COVID-19 into digital reform

Among many changes and trends since pandemic ground courts to a near-halt: more accused are looking to plead guilty, writes Susan Clairmont

https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/opinion/2020/04/07/justice-system-propelled-by-covid-19-into-digital-reform.html

Out in front: #HamOnt RPN feels prepared but anxious as hospitals brace for #COVID19 surge Story by @TheSpec https://www.thespec.com/business/2020/04/13/out-in-front-hamilton-rpn-feels-prepared-but-anxious-as-hospitals-brace-for-covid-19-surge.html

Out in front: Hamilton RPN feels prepared but anxious as hospitals brace for COVID-19 surge

The Spectator is writing a series of short profiles about people who can’t self-isolate during the COVID-19 pandemic.

https://www.thespec.com/business/2020/04/13/out-in-front-hamilton-rpn-feels-prepared-but-anxious-as-hospitals-brace-for-covid-19-surge.html

This thread contains @TheSpec coverage of #coronavirus for April 13
‘It’s a bad dream,’ says #BurlON senior who prays to hold her husband again after they were separated by #COVID19 restrictions https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/2020/04/13/its-a-bad-dream-says-burlington-senior-who-prays-to-hold-her-husband-again-after-they-were-separated-by-covid-19-restrictions.html

‘It’s a bad dream,’ says Burlington senior who prays to hold her husband again after they were...

Susan Stevens can only see her husband in long-term care through the window.

https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/2020/04/13/its-a-bad-dream-says-burlington-senior-who-prays-to-hold-her-husband-again-after-they-were-separated-by-covid-19-restrictions.html

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