Hamilton mayor has COVID
by Joanna Frketich - Spectator Reporter from on (#5Y4WN)
Hamilton Mayor Fred Eisenberger has tested positive for COVID-19.
He is experiencing symptoms and is following public health guidelines and self-isolating," his office said in a statement Wednesday.
Ontario - including Hamilton - is in the sixth wave of the pandemic fuelled by the more transmissible BA.2 Omicron subvariant. Public Health Ontario has also linked the rise in cases to the removal of the province's mask mandate on March 21.
Eisenberger tested positive for the virus Tuesday night.
Please everyone get vaccinated, get boosted, follow public health advice and stay home if you have symptoms" Eisenberger said in a statement.
More to come.
Joanna Frketich is a health reporter at The Spectator. jfrketich@thespec.com