{"id":40905,"date":"2021-01-08T07:56:14","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T12:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=40905"},"modified":"2021-01-09T08:09:22","modified_gmt":"2021-01-09T13:09:22","slug":"morning-news-january-7th-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2021\/01\/08\/morning-news-january-7th-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning News &#8211; January 8th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Weather: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">A mix of sun and cloud. Fog patches dissipating this morning. Wind up to 15 km\/h. High minus 3. Wind chill minus 21 this morning and minus 5 this afternoon. UV index 1 or low.<br \/>\nTonight- Partly cloudy. Becoming cloudy this evening. Wind up to 15 km\/h. Low minus 9. Wind chill near minus 13.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-table\">\n<div class=\"responsive-table\">\n<p>\u00a0<strong>Status of COVID-19 cases in Algoma<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.algomapublichealth.com\/disease-and-illness\/infectious-diseases\/novel-coronavirus-2\/\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 112px;\" border=\"1\" width=\"600\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Tested (1)\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Confirmed<br \/>\ncases (2)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Active<br \/>\ncases<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Resolved<br \/>\ncases (3)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Deceased<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>74,409<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>110<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>44 (1)*\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>66<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"5\">Updated: January 7, 2021, 7:00 p.m.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div id=\"attachment_40906\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screen-Shot-2021-01-08-at-8.32.52-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40906\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-40906\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screen-Shot-2021-01-08-at-8.32.52-AM-300x142.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screen-Shot-2021-01-08-at-8.32.52-AM-300x142.png 300w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screen-Shot-2021-01-08-at-8.32.52-AM-600x284.png 600w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screen-Shot-2021-01-08-at-8.32.52-AM-768x364.png 768w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screen-Shot-2021-01-08-at-8.32.52-AM-1536x727.png 1536w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screen-Shot-2021-01-08-at-8.32.52-AM.png 1762w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-40906\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click for larger image.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>(1) That Algoma Public Health is aware of.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"responsive-table\">\n<p>(2) Algoma residents who have confirmed COVID-19 infection.<\/p>\n<p>*The number in brackets are active cases in non-Algoma residents who are temporarily in Algoma.\u00a0 These cases are not counted as part of Algoma\u2019s confirmed case count.\u00a0 APH conducts contact tracing and monitoring of self-isolation for all cases within Algoma.<\/p>\n<p>(3)\u00a0Patient tested positive but is resolved according to current public health criteria.\u00a0This number includes any persons who are deceased.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>These data sets are preliminary and subject to change, pending further review.<\/li>\n<li>Confirmed positives will be reported as soon as publicly available.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>News Tidbits:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Northern Ontario will remain under lockdown until at least January 23rd. There may be updates to that this morning when Premier Doug Ford will be joined by Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, Stephen Lecce, Minister of Education, and Dr. Barbara Yaffe, Associate Chief Medical Officer of Health, to provide an update on the province&#8217;s ongoing response to COVID-19 at 10 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>In response to increasing community transmission, in-person learning will be deferred to January 25, 2021 in Southern Ontario, which aligns with the planned return of in-person learning for secondary school students in these regions. Elementary students and secondary students in the seven Northern Ontario public health unit regions will proceed with returning to in-person learning on January 11, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weather: A mix of sun and cloud. Fog patches dissipating this morning. Wind up to 15 km\/h. High minus 3. 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