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The Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit (HNHU) continues to make the COVID-19 Vaccination Program a top priority of the pandemic response. To date, the HNHU has administered nearly 180,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, including nearly 20,000 booster doses. In recent weeks the HNHU and partners across the two counties have been administering around 6,000 doses per […]

  In response to the rapidly spreading and highly transmissible Omicron variant, the Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit is following provincial direction and is updating its COVID-19 testing, isolation, and case and contact management guidelines. Key changes include the following: PCR testing is no longer available for everyone. PCR testing will be available for high-risk individuals, and […]

Statistics for residents 5 and older Vaccine doses administered so far: 173,130 doses Number of people completely vaccinated: 65,379 Proportion of local population 5+ population with at least 1 dose: 80.3% Proportion of local population 5+ population fully vaccinated: 76.0% ​The HNHU and its partners have administered over 173,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to date. The population over the age […]

 The HNHU, along with the province of Ontario, is experiencing a shortage of adult (ages 12+) Pfizer vaccines at this time. This shortage is expected to last until mid or late January. Until this shortage is remediated at the provincial level, all available Pfizer will be reserved for those ages 12-29, where Pfizer is the […]

In response to the evolving situation related to the COVID-19 Omicron variant of concern, Haldimand Norfolk Health Unit (HNHU) is implementing new case and contact management in alignment with provincial guidance. There are a few key changes that HNHU wants the public to know: Household members of cases will be asked to self-isolate, regardless of […]