TBDHU Launches Phone Line to Report COVID-19 Order Violations
April 6, 2020 - Thunder Bay District Health Unit launches phone line to report COVID-19 order violations.
PSA - New confirmed case of COVID-19 reported by Thunder Bay District Health Unit
April 5, 2020 - Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) is reporting a new COVID-19 case in a resident in the TBDHU Region.
PSA - New Confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported by Thunder Bay District Health Unit
April 3, 2020 - Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) is reporting new cases of COVID-19 in residents in the TBDHU Region.
Public Service Announcement: Confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported by Thunder Bay District Health Unit
April 3, 2020 - Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) is reporting additional information on the cases of COVID-19 announced on April 2, 2020 in residents in the TBDHU Region.
Now Nine Cases of COVID-19 in the Thunder Bay District Health Unit Region
April 2, 2020 - Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) is reporting five additional cases, for a total of nine cases, of COVID-19 in the TBDHU region.
Fourth Case of COVID-19 Confirmed in Thunder Bay District
March 31, 2020 - Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) is reporting that an individual residing in the Thunder Bay District is the fourth confirmed COVID-19 case in the TBDHU region. The case is related to travel to Eastern Canada and is not related to any previously reported cases.
Thunder Bay District Health Unit Confirms Third Case of COVID-19
March 29, 2020 - Today, Dr. Janet DeMille, Medical Officer of Health of the Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU), confirmed the third case of COVID-19 in the TBDHU region.
“This was not unexpected. This person is the spouse of the first case that was reported on Friday and was considered a probable case at that time.” said Dr. DeMille. The couple was tested at the same time at the COVID-19 Assessment Centre operated by the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, and the second set of results was received late on Saturday.
Social... er... Physical Distancing??!
We’re learning a lot these days, aren’t we? The current COVID-19 situation is expanding our collective vocabulary with all kinds of new terms that we may not have heard before, like “flattening the curve”, “asymptomatic”, and most important of them all, “social distancing.”
Thunder Bay District Health Unit Confirms Second Case of COVID-19
March 28, 2020 - Yesterday afternoon, the Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) received a report of a second confirmed case of COVID-19 in the TBDHU region. This is travel related and unrelated to the first case of COVID-19 reported earlier on that day.
An individual in their twenties who returned from the United States approximately two weeks ago developed symptoms while self-isolating at home. They phoned TBDHU and were referred to the COVID-19 Assessment Centre of Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre where they were tested.
First Case of COVID-19 in Thunder Bay District
March 27, 2020 - Today, Dr. Janet DeMille, Medical Officer of Health of the Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU), confirmed the first case of COVID-19 in the TBDHU region.