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  • Province expands eligibility for booster doses of COVID-19 vaccine

    The Ontario government has expanded eligibility for booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to additional groups of high-risk individuals. Booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine will be available to the following populations if at least six months have passed since their last dose: Individuals aged 70 and over (born in 1951 or earlier); Healthcare workers […]

  • Community Vaccine Update: November 1, 2021

    Vaccine doses administered so far: 145,549 doses Number of people completely vaccinated: > 64,430 Proportion of local population 12+ population with at least 1 dose: 87.0% Proportion of local population 12+ population fully vaccinated: 83.5%   Status updates: The Health Unit and its partners have now administered 145,549 doses of vaccine. Therefore, 83.5% of the […]

  • Health Unit asks families to stay safe on Halloween

    The Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit recognizes that, unlike last year, Oct.31 may be more of a “hybrid Halloween” in 2021. With that in mind, there are several precautions parents and caregivers should practice before heading out with their little ones. “With an increase in the vaccinated population, I think it is important children have the opportunity to […]

  • GO-VAXX Southwestern Ontario Tour

    The GO-VAXX mobile vaccine clinic is on a Southwestern Ontario tour and is coming to Norfolk. The converted Metrolinx bus will roll its first Norfolk location, the Langton Arena, to administer first and second doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on Nov. 3 from 12 to 6 p.m. The bus will then move to the […]

  • Community Vaccine Update: October 25, 2021

    Community Vaccine Update: October 25, 2021 Vaccine doses administered so far: 144,699 doses Number of people completely vaccinated: > 64,200 Proportion of local population 12+ population with at least 1 dose: 86.7% Proportion of local population 12+ population fully vaccinated: 82.8% Status updates: The Health Unit and its partners have now administered 144,699 doses of […]