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Below is a list of media releases sent out by the staff and programs at the Haldimand-Norfolk Unit.

  • Time to vaccinate pets against rabies, Health Unit advises

    May is Rabies Awareness Month SIMCOE, ON, APRIL 25, 2008 – Haldimand and Norfolk residents are being urged to make use of special offers in May to get their pets vaccinated against rabies. “The law requires that every cat or dog over three months of age be immunized against rabies, so we are urging people […]

  • Health Unit’s West Nile virus bird-sighting program begins

    SIMCOE, ON, MAY 14, 2008 – The Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit is once again asking local residents to keep an eye out for dead birds in the fight against West Nile virus. Residents can report dead birds to the Health Unit’s hotline at 519-426-6170 Ext. 3470. “The dead-bird surveillance program allows the Health Unit to reduce […]

  • Last chance for Grade 8 girls to get free HPV vaccinations

    SIMCOE, ON, MARCH 27, 2008 – Time is running out for Grade 8 girls who wish to receive free vaccinations that will help protect them against cervical cancer. The Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit is urging Grade 8 girls not to miss out on a provincial government program that pays 100 per cent of the cost of […]

  • Child is area’s first influenza case of the season

    SIMCOE, ON, JAN. 8, 2008 – A child who did not receive the flu shot is the area’s first reported seasonal case of influenza. “We have received notification of one laboratory confirmed case of influenza A from a school-aged child residing in Haldimand County,” said Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit Communicable Disease Program Coordinator Shuayb Abidi. “The […]

  • West Nile virus dead bird sighting program comes to seasonal end

    SIMCOE, ON, OCT. 23, 2007 – The mosquito season is coming to an end and the Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit is no longer asking the public to report dead bird sightings as a way of monitoring West Nile virus. “We want to thank the public for participating in the West Nile virus surveillance program by reporting […]