Public Service Announcements

Updates to Visitor Restrictions at Acute and Long-Term Care Facilities

March 25, 2022 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health advises the public of changes to temporary visitor restrictions at the following long-term and acute care facilities across the region due to cases of COVID-19 among residents/patients. While visitor restrictions are in place, each resident/patient on the impacted unit or facility is permitted to have one designated visitor. LEARN MORE “Updates to Visitor Restrictions at Acute and Long-Term Care Facilities”



Public Service Announcements

Updates to Visitor Restrictions at Long-Term Care Facilities

March 22, 2022 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health advises the public that visitor restrictions are temporarily in place at the following long-term care facilities across the region due to cases of COVID-19 among residents. While visitor restrictions are in place, each resident on the impacted unit or facility is permitted to have one designated visitor. LEARN MORE “Updates to Visitor Restrictions at Long-Term Care Facilities”



Public Service Announcements

Updates to Visitor Restrictions at Long-Term Care Facilities

March 21, 2022 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health advises the public that visitor restrictions are temporarily in place at the following-long-term care facilities across the region due to cases of COVID-19 among residents.  While visitor restrictions are in place, each resident on the impacted floor or unit is permitted to have one designated visitor. LEARN MORE “Updates to Visitor Restrictions at Long-Term Care Facilities”



Public Service Announcements

Update on COVID-19 Screening and Continued COVID-19 Protocols at Health-care Facilities

March 14, 2022 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health advises the public of updates to the COVID-19 screening process at points of entry to health-care facilities and hospitals across the region, in line with provincial guidelines. Effective March 14, 2022, visitors/support persons are directed to self-screen for COVID-19 and verbal screening by a staff member at facility entrances will be discontinued. Patients, residents and clients will continue to be screened at registration and should proceed directly to registration upon arrival at the health-care facility. LEARN MORE “Update on COVID-19 Screening and Continued COVID-19 Protocols at Health-care Facilities”



Public Service Announcements

Eastern Health Modifies Approach to COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics in St. John’s

March 14, 2022 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health advises that the COVID-19 vaccine clinic in St. John’s will be relocating from the Village Mall to 50 Mundy Pond Road effective March 21, 2022. This approach will also assist with managing vaccine doses to maximize the amount of vaccine used in vials. LEARN MORE “Eastern Health Modifies Approach to COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics in St. John’s”



News Releases

Eastern Health Opening Two Additional Collaborative Team Clinics in Metro Area

March 9, 2022 – St. John’s, NL:  Eastern Health is announcing the opening of two new Collaborative Team Clinics in the metro area as it moves forward with its long-term approach to delivering primary health-care for individuals without a family health-care provider. These two new clinics are in addition to the Collaborative Team Clinic on Pippy Place which opened in 2020. LEARN MORE “Eastern Health Opening Two Additional Collaborative Team Clinics in Metro Area”



Public Service Announcements

Eastern Health Provides Update on Visitation and COVID-19 Screening

March 4, 2022 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health advises the public that visitor restrictions at all health-care facilities are being eased, in line with provincial guidelines. Effective Friday, March 4, inpatients in a hospital setting and residents of long-term care homes, personal care homes, community care homes and assisted living facilities can have two visitors at the same time. LEARN MORE “Eastern Health Provides Update on Visitation and COVID-19 Screening”