Thunder Bay District Health Unit Ensuring Students Catch up on Immunizations

September 10, 2020 - The Thunder Bay District Health Unit is announcing that catch-up immunization clinics will be held in various locations throughout the City of Thunder Bay. 

Grade 8 students attending school in the City of Thunder Bay and surrounding communities who missed a Grade 7 vaccination due to the COVID-19 pandemic can now get an appointment at a TBDHU immunization clinic to receive any outstanding doses. Catch up immunizations for students in District communities were offered by TBDHU over the summer months. 

Les directeurs et directrices de l’éducation et les médecins hygiénistes de tout le Nord de l’Ontario s’unissent pour assurer la protection des écoles contre la COVID

2 septembre, 2020 - Le 13 mars 2020, les écoles de l’ensemble de l’Ontario ont fermé leurs portes sans que nous sachions à quel moment elles les rouvriraient. Presque six mois plus tard, elles commencent à les rouvrir afin d’accueillir les élèves pour l’année scolaire 2020–2021. Les 25 dernières semaines ont été marquées par l’incertitude, par des sacrifices économiques et personnels… et ultimement par un aplanissement réussi de la courbe pendant la première vague de cas de COVID-19 dans notre région.

Directors of Education and Medical Officers of Health from across Northern Ontario stand united to deliver on COVID-safe schools

September 2, 2020 - On March 13, 2020, schools across Ontario closed their doors without us knowing when they would reopen. Almost six months later, school doors are beginning to re-open to welcome students back for the 2020-2021 school year. These last 25 weeks have been marked with uncertainty, personal and economic sacrifice… and ultimately, with success in flattening the curve of the first wave of COVID-19 in our area.

Blue-Green Algae Identified at Icarus Lake

September 1, 2020 - The Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks has confirmed the presence of blue-green algae in a water sample collected at Icarus Lake on August 24, 2020. The MECP is conducting toxin analysis on the water sample. However, it is important to remember that water should be avoided whenever a blue-green algae bloom is present, and for about 2 weeks after it has dissipated, regardless of the toxin analysis results because blue-green algae can turn toxin production on and off in response to environmental conditions.

Blue-Green Algae Identified at Madelaine Lake

September 1, 2020 - The Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks has confirmed the presence of blue-green algae in a water sample collected at Madelaine Lake on August 25, 2020. The MECP is conducting toxin analysis on the water sample. However, it is important to remember that water should be avoided whenever a blue-green algae bloom is present, and for about 2 weeks after it has dissipated, regardless of the toxin analysis results because blue-green algae can turn toxin production on and off in response to environmental conditions.

Adjustment to confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported by Thunder Bay District Health Unit

August 27, 2020 - Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) has been advised that a recent positive test on a TBDHU area resident was incorrect due to a technical issue at the lab that analyzed the test. This lab is in southern Ontario and not one of the labs in our area.

Repeat analysis of the initial sample and a repeat test done locally were both negative for COVID-19.

This individual is no longer considered a case and will be removed from the case count provincially and from our reporting on the TBDHU website.

Blue-Green Algae Identified at Warnica Lake

August 26, 2020 - The Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks has confirmed the presence of blue-green algae in a water sample collected at Warnica Lake on August 13, 2020. The MECP is conducting toxin analysis on the water sample. However, it is important to remember that water should be avoided whenever a blue-green algae bloom is present, and for about 2 weeks after it has dissipated, regardless of the toxin analysis results because blue-green algae can turn toxin production on and off in response to environmental conditions.

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