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Poster indicates where on the body "tick checks" should be performed for both humans and dogs.
Updated: May 2024
Letter from Dr. Kieran Moore, CMOH, dated August 14, 2024.
All animal biting incidents, including those involving owners who have been bitten by their own animal, are to be reported to the Medical Officer of Health in accordance with the Health Protection and Promotion Act and the Rabies Prevention and Control Protocol, 2018 (or as current).
Note:…
Updated September 2024.
For Thunder Bay orders, see HERE.
Updated September 2024.
For district orders, see HERE.
Uploaded October 2024.
Memo to Medical Officers of Health from Chief Medical Officer of Health
re: Legionella cases in Ontario
A guide for how to safely pick up and dispose of found needles and/or sharp objects.
Updated: October 2024.
June 17, 2019 - Officials at the Health Unit and Bethammi Nursing Home – 2nd Floor, located at 63 Carrie Street, have declared an outbreak of a respiratory illness.
Admissions, transfers, discharges and social activities have been cancelled for this unit until further notice. Visitors to this unit…
June 19, 2019 - Officials at the Health Unit and Bethammi Nursing Home, located at 63 Carrie Street, have extended the respiratory outbreak today to facility-wide.
Admissions, transfers, discharges and social activities have been cancelled for this unit until further notice. Visitors to this unit…
June 27, 2019 - The facility-wide outbreak of gastrointestinal illness at Southbridge Pinewood, located at 2625 E. Walsh Street, has been declared over today at 10am. All restrictions have been lifted.
The Health Unit is urging people to stay at home and refrain from visiting hospitals, long-term…
Parents and caregivers reminded to keep children and themselves up to date with routine immunizations. Pregnant individuals are also a group of emphasis.
The province has seen a rise in pertussis (whooping cough) cases. While the rates of pertussis in the District of Thunder Bay are currently…