{"id":200476,"date":"2025-12-23T21:58:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T21:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/200476\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T21:58:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T21:58:13","slug":"hospitals-around-hamilton-burlington-seeing-earlier-spike-in-viral-activity-this-flu-season-the-spec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/200476\/","title":{"rendered":"Hospitals around Hamilton, Burlington seeing earlier spike in \u2018viral activity\u2019 this flu season &#8211; The Spec"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMizwFBVV95cUxNa3U5eFJVamNRTG4yZXkzM2Jqc0dPcVhFVnh6VU1yUlhvZHFDS0xTV2VXNlBpMi1fS0pPeDl0WU5ZWFM1SEktQ2RtdThRcGlDNjlkNl9DQ291OHVCTXkybnlEbVRLTHhPZHdmd29nalFrZ2FpOVBHNy1Jb2t0STZadFN0X1EwRHlaOEdUOEJNZjVUdWlGbkEyN1lEMkZ0VDdVZTJqemRTQmxTMHFYNExLTnh0LXV1Qy0yb1B0eEhBTG5YYlA0c2huaC1YaUxyTk0?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hospitals around Hamilton, Burlington seeing earlier spike in \u2018viral activity\u2019 this flu season<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Spec<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwgFBVV95cUxQNWs0aE43OGFTNkxxLWttSW1LX2JjN0dPaFhkTXRNNVBoV0tVeXZQc25fdW1rdWhuYXJManJjRGpRWEJ2RTY1b3AzUGZybFRRS0lUd25MMEtVQjFhVTJjYmxISDBqc2xwZmVod3ljSXZ4UVd2Z1pLdnlnc2VBbjRUeGhrRG9rdXhqS2M4VGc2LTlqSmRzMFQzcDMyY3A2WnZkN1ZkbHlGTzdBRXEycmJSUTZLaTNIWEt4ckRtdTZKbnBBUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mask policy begins Monday at Sarnia and Petrolia hospitals because of flu numbers<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Sarnia Observer<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilAFBVV95cUxOT0FqNWNHYTEyT3N2d0k0NzBFTU9hRmszeXoydWFqRmtHWk91TEVDOHdYeFMtTnk2R3FhRENRRExyUmI0ZUwtdHlNSXZ0VmE2ZHVCUE05YVhoSjZFM2F4OTN3M1Y3MmQwR3lTNkR3Qmhrb2NmOERweGtmem91N1NNM1FDV001YlZobGZyRUVfbXctZXNI?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bluewater Health is the latest hospital to implement mandatory masking as flu cases surge<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipwFBVV95cUxNQUpCX0RMcVV0bFROWFpHd3UtVEZucW1MWTRudGZCS2tUOGEzUHVYazVIRjlzSHhHS21HaTRyVXBTNUNIQk41NTBpNUZqa0ZfVlMzZy05emhCQml2U244TmxQZ0lPNFRIekJaQWlBWUcxNEJlTDlZcUJ6SHZLRk9nVzM2SkxDVHZNVXM3SUhieVlybS1jQzlsc0hjekwxWkF6YkJicWJQNA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Increase in cold, flu, and COVID cases brings return of masks to Ontario hospital<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;INsauga<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqwFBVV95cUxQeklBVG1hYmtfblJwYjdsaUhkd21Gc2hhbWF1UzkzU0FENGpVZDJMQ0VaNHpvcEdiMDR6emk3X25wRWR6UUszRDNheHFQNG5kUzFWbjNQT2w2aTR2RlJUU1p3TTZDOFQ1ZUxrNEZQQXRmT0pIbGJ3TVQ5aTNjS29PaGM1ejVJZ1lCVl9FX1UxLXRoV1E2QTIzWFZWYzZCWlRVU29xS0J6QTNYRmc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bluewater Health implements mandatory masking amid rise in flu cases<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CTV News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hospitals around Hamilton, Burlington seeing earlier spike in \u2018viral activity\u2019 this flu season&nbsp;&nbsp;The SpecMask policy begins Monday at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":200477,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[163,521,85,46],"class_list":{"0":"post-200476","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-healthcare","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-israel"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200476\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}