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Public Service Announcement: Second Dose Appointment in June? Check Clinic Schedule, says Health Unit

NIPISSING & PARRY SOUND, ON – The North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit (Health Unit) is advising individuals who have their COVID-19 vaccine second dose appointment scheduled for a date in June, 2021, to check the clinic schedule below or at myhealthunit.ca before arriving for their vaccination. Due to a glitch in the provincial booking system, some individuals have second dose appointments booked on dates when clinics are not scheduled. Individuals whose second dose appointment does not...

News Release: COVID-19 Vaccine Update

NIPISSING & PARRY SOUND, ON – Individuals 80 years of age and older are now eligible to book their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at a shortened time interval. Individuals can change their appointment online at Ontario.ca/BookVaccine or by calling the provincial booking line at 1-833-943-3900. Based on vaccine supply, the province is anticipating reducing the time interval between doses for other age groups in the near future.

“It is great news that individuals 80 and older can book their...

Message d’intérêt public : Le Bureau de santé autorise la rentrée de la cohorte préscolaire séniore de la Garderie Soleil

NORTH BAY (ONTARIO) – La Garderie Soleil, centre de garde d’enfants, accueillera sa cohorte préscolaire séniore dès le 1er juin. Cette cohorte avait été renvoyée le 18 mai après qu’un de ses membres a été déclaré positif à la COVID-19. Les contacts à risque élevé se sont isolés et aucun autre membre de cette cohorte n’a reçu un résultat positif au test de la COVID-19.

Si vous pensez avoir des symptômes de la COVID-19 ou avoir été en contact étroit avec une personne qui a la COVID-19, isolez-vous...

Public Service Announcement: Garderie Soleil’s Preschool Senior Cohort Set to Return to Child Care Centre Confirms Health Unit

NORTH BAY, ON – The Garderie Soleil Child Care Centre will see its Preschool Senior cohort return to the centre as of June 1, after the cohort was dismissed on May 18 as one of its members had tested positive for COVID-19. High-risk contacts have been in self-isolation, and no additional individuals in the dismissed cohort have tested positive for COVID-19.

If you think you may have COVID-19 symptoms or have been in close contact with someone who has tested positive, first self-isolate and then use...

Communiqué : Avis aux personnes qui sont retournées de la mine Mary River au Nunavut

NIPISSING ET PARRY SOUND (ONTARIO) – Le Bureau de santé du district de North Bay-Parry Sound (Bureau de santé) émet un avis aux personnes qui sont retournées au district du Bureau de santé depuis le 15 avril 2021 de la mine Mary River au Nunavut exploitée par l’entreprise Baffinland Iron Mines et avec qui le Bureau de santé n’a pas encore communiqué. Même si elles ont reçu un résultat négatif au test de la COVID-19 avant leur départ et ne manifestent aucun symptôme, ces personnes doivent immédiatement...