Coronavirus

Regarding the article Area health officers agree COVID on the rise, caution urged (Oct. 4) Read More

The new COVID-19 booster has arrived in London, just as respiratory virus season kicks off in the region. The Middlesex-London Health Unit has already logged its first lab-confirmed case of influenza A of the 2023-24 flu season, as the push to encourage COVID-19 boosters and flu shots ramps up. Here’s

Public health officials are warning of the risk of COVID as the region and the province document evidence of a rise in cases. This week, three London-area hospitals announced they are updating their masking policies in an attempt to combat the spread of the virus. Here’s what is happening in

A pandemic-era mainstay, facemasks, are once again mandatory for St. Thomas hospital and being recommended by London's two hospitals. Read More

More than 100,000 London-area kids head back to class in less than two weeks. Along with the usual excitement and stress, parents, children and teachers wonder what a return to normalcy looks like and what to expect in terms of post-pandemic health measures when school resumes. Read More

Matt Strauss’s former employer says the outspoken doctor’s commentary about the COVID-19 pandemic harmed Queen’s University’s reputation, while Strauss claims the school tried to “cancel” him. Read More

A charge against a controversial Aylmer pastor stemming from an anti-lockdown rally in Chatham during the COVID-19 pandemic has been dropped, the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms says. Read More

Three years after the COVID-19 pandemic began and with its emergency phase in the past, masking rules are being “relaxed” inside London’s two hospitals, officials say. Read More

I suspect there won’t be many tears shed over the shuttering of the London Health Sciences Centre’s COVID, Cold and Flu Care Clinic at the end of the month. Read More

London’s COVID, cold and flu assessment centre is closing at month's end, more than three years after it opened in the early days of the pandemic. Read More

We may want to forget about COVID-19 and move on from the pandemic, but the virus is still hanging around, begging for attention. Read More

It's been three years since COVID-19 arrived in the London region, leading to lockdowns, closed schools and an unprecedented upheaval of day-to-day life. We're looking back on the pandemic's first few weeks here with these photos from the LFP Archives: Read More