Vaccination opportunities: week of May 8, 2023

Public Health Sudbury & Districts offers opportunities in the Sudbury and Manitoulin districts to help you get your COVID-19 vaccine. If you don’t see a clinic offered in your area this week, check back next week for more. See all Public Health clinic opportunities at phsd.ca/COVID-19/vaccine-clinics. Additional opportunities to receive a COVID-19 vaccine may also be available through select primary care providers and at participating pharmacies. Visit covid-19.ontario.ca/vaccine-locations for pharmacy locations that offer the COVID-19 vaccine. Public Health recommends that you receive all COVID-19 vaccines for which you are eligible—including booster doses—to build long-term protection against COVID-19. Keep reading

Floods, wells and septic systems

Flooding has been reported in some areas within the Public Health Sudbury & Districts area. Flooding and heavy runoff can damage wells and septic systems, and create health risks. “If surface water enters the top of a well, the well water becomes contaminated and unsafe to drink,” said Burgess Hawkins, a manager in Public Health Sudbury & Districts’ Health Protection Division. Keep reading

Vaccination opportunities: week of May 1, 2023

Public Health Sudbury & Districts offers opportunities in the Sudbury and Manitoulin districts to help you get your COVID-19 vaccine. If you don’t see a clinic offered in your area this week, check back next week for more. See all Public Health clinic opportunities at phsd.ca/COVID-19/vaccine-clinics. Additional opportunities to receive a COVID-19 vaccine may also be available through select primary care providers and at participating pharmacies. Visit covid-19.ontario.ca/vaccine-locations for pharmacy locations that offer the COVID-19 vaccine. Keep reading

Does Public Health have updated immunization records for your child? Find out now!

Public Health Sudbury & Districts is reminding parents and guardians to ensure their children are caught up on immunizations and their records with Public Health are up to date. In support of parents’ and guardians’ efforts, Public Health is continuing to apply the Immunization School Pupils Act (ISPA), ensuring all students from junior kindergarten to grade eight are protected against diseases such as measles, mumps, rubella, pertussis (whooping cough), and many others. Over the next several weeks, Public Health will be mailing notification letters to all elementary students whose immunization records need to be updated with Public Health. Keep reading

Vaccination opportunities: week of April 24, 2023

Public Health Sudbury & Districts offers opportunities in the Sudbury and Manitoulin districts to help you get your COVID-19 vaccine. If you don’t see a clinic offered in your area this week, check back next week for more. See all Public Health clinic opportunities at phsd.ca/COVID-19/vaccine-clinics. Additional opportunities to receive a COVID-19 vaccine may also be available through select primary care providers and at participating pharmacies. Visit covid-19.ontario.ca/vaccine-locations for pharmacy locations that offer the COVID-19 vaccine. Keep reading

Syphilis cases increasing locally

nfectious syphilis cases have been on a rise across Canada according to data published by the Public Health Agency of Canada. Currently, Public Health Sudbury & Districts is seeing a concerning increase of syphilis cases within its service area. In all of 2022, a total of 31 confirmed cases were reported, with 23 cases already been reported to date in 2023. Public Health is encouraging awareness, practising safer sex, and following up with your health care provider and getting tested if you are at risk. Keep reading

Respiratory illnesses continue downward trend: higher risks remain for some people

Public Health Sudbury & Districts is setting its COVID-19 Risk Index & Respiratory Activity Report to “inactive” status this week. Public Health continually assesses local risk based on the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic and the advancement of scientific understanding. Major factors in the decision to set the risk index tool to “inactive” at this time include declining trends in respiratory illness, increased population immunity from vaccination or infection, reduced severity of illness, and the improved capacity to manage new waves or surges in COVID-19 or other respiratory viruses. Keep reading

Vaccination opportunities: week of April 17, 2023

Public Health Sudbury & Districts offers opportunities in the Sudbury and Manitoulin districts to help you get your COVID-19 vaccine. If you don’t see a clinic offered in your area this week, check back next week for more. See all Public Health clinic opportunities at phsd.ca/COVID-19/vaccine-clinics. Additional opportunities to receive a COVID-19 vaccine may also be available through select primary care providers and at participating pharmacies. Visit covid-19.ontario.ca/vaccine-locations for pharmacy locations that offer the COVID-19 vaccine. Keep reading

Vaccination opportunities: week of April 11, 2023

Public Health Sudbury & Districts offers opportunities in the Sudbury and Manitoulin districts to help you get your COVID-19 vaccine. If you don’t see a clinic offered in your area this week, check back next week for more. See all Public Health clinic opportunities at phsd.ca/COVID-19/vaccine-clinics. Additional opportunities to receive a COVID-19 vaccine may also be available through select primary care providers and at participating pharmacies. Visit covid-19.ontario.ca/vaccine-locations for pharmacy locations that offer the COVID-19 vaccine. Keep reading

Vaccination opportunities: week of April 3, 2023

Public Health Sudbury & Districts offers opportunities in the Sudbury and Manitoulin districts to help you get your COVID-19 vaccine. If you don’t see a clinic offered in your area this week, check back next week for more. See all Public Health clinic opportunities at phsd.ca/COVID-19/vaccine-clinics. Additional opportunities to receive a COVID-19 vaccine may also be available through select primary care providers and at participating pharmacies. Visit covid-19.ontario.ca/vaccine-locations for pharmacy locations that offer the COVID-19 vaccine. Keep reading

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