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Below is a list of media releases sent out by the staff and programs at the Haldimand-Norfolk Unit.
SIMCOE, ON, SEPT. 24, 2009 – Clinics for seasonal flu for seniors 65 and over will go ahead as scheduled in October, but clinics for the general public are on hold as the Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit instead targets the pandemic H1N1 virus. “Following the advice of Ontario’s Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, we intend […]
SIMCOE, ON, AUG. 26, 2009 – The Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit is cautioning people to protect themselves from Lyme disease following a second positive test for the disease in a deer tick. The tick was located in Turkey Point Provincial Park. In June, an infected tick was found at Long Point. Both areas are known to […]
SIMCOE, ON, FEB. 26, 2009 – Hundreds of secondary school students in Haldimand and Norfolk Counties could be suspended from school in April if they don’t get booster-shot vaccinations required by Ontario law, the Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit is warning. The Immunization of School Pupils Act requires students to be immunized against certain diseases to attend […]
SIMCOE, ON, JAN. 28, 2009 – The Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit is offering mumps clinics at Fanshawe College in Simcoe on Feb. 9 and 25 from 10 a.m. to noon as part of a provincial government response to mumps outbreaks in Ontario, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Alberta and British Columbia. “College and university students are particularly […]
SIMCOE, ON, JAN. 23, 2009 -The Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit has reported its first influenza cases of the season. “We recently received notification of one laboratory-confirmed case of influenza A obtained from a resident of Haldimand County, and two laboratory-confirmed cases of influenza B, one from Haldimand County and one from Norfolk County,” reported the Health […]