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Public Service Announcement: Health Unit Updates on COVID-19 Vaccine

NORTH BAY, ON – The North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit (Health Unit) is waiting for confirmation on local distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine. The province is currently in phase one of the Government of Ontario’s three-phase vaccine distribution implementation plan, that was launched in December. This means that when the Health Unit receives the COVID-19 vaccine the priority will be given to residents, staff and essential care givers of long-term care homes, retirement homes and other congregate...

News Release: COVID-19 Outbreak at Lakeland Long-Term Care Home

PARRY SOUND, ON - The North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit (Health Unit) has declared a respiratory outbreak at Lakeland Long-Term Care Home - the causative agent is COVID-19. Aligning with the Ministry of Health guidelines for an outbreak in the long-term care home, a COVID-19 outbreak is declared with a single laboratory-confirmed case in a resident or staff member of a long-term care home. The individual who tested positive is a staff member at the long-term care home. The individual is...

News Release: North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit Declares Community Outbreak Over

North Bay, ON – The North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit (Health Unit) has declared the community COVID-19 outbreak, in connection with Nipissing University, over. All nineteen individuals associated with the outbreak are considered resolved. Although the community outbreak is over, this is not the time to be unconcerned; the Health Unit’s district is still seeing a number of individuals test positive for COVID-19, who are not associated with the community outbreak.

The Health Unit is asking...

News Release: Health Unit Issuing COVID-19 Class Order Under Section 22 of the HPPA

NIPISSING & PARRY SOUND, ON - The North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit’s Medical Officer of Health has made the important decision to issue a Class Order under Section 22 of the Health Protection and Promotion Act. The Order is effective immediately and will remain in effect until the Medical Office of Health determines the Order is no longer required. The Order enables North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit to enforce self-isolation requirements for the group of individuals whom...

News Release: West Parry Sound Experiencing Increase in Individuals Testing Positive for COVID-19

PARRY SOUND, ON – The North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit (Health Unit) is seeing an increase in the number of individuals testing positive for COVID-19 in the West Parry Sound area. On December 19, 2020, the Health Unit identified eight (8) new individuals who tested positive for COVID-19, seven (7) from the District of Parry Sound and one (1) from the Nipissing District. This is the single highest daily number of COVID-19 cases in the Health Unit’s district, since the start of the pandemic.

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