
As the landscape of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve, the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit (WECHU) remains committed to providing timely and credible public health information to the community.
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As the landscape of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve, the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit (WECHU) remains committed to providing timely and credible public health information to the community.
Windsor-Essex County Health Unit Board of Health Meeting August 11, 2022
Public health units are to maintain and review vaccine records for every student attending school in their region and those not up-to-date can be suspended from school for up to 20 days.
Routine monitoring for West Nile Virus (WNV) has identified one positive mosquito pool in our community. This is the first sign of WNV in Windsor and Essex County (WEC) this year.
In conjunction with key community partners, the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit will be hosting a monkeypox pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) vaccine clinic at the Windsor-Essex Pride Fest on Sunday, August 7, 2022 in Lanspeary Park (1250 Langlois Ave., Windor) between 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
Based on information from Environment Canada, the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit has issued a Special Weather Statement for Wednesday August 3, 2022.
Rising rates of opioid-related overdose and death continue to be a concern for local health and social services leaders working on the Windsor-Essex Community Opioid and Substance Strategy.
The following statement can be attributed to the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit (WECHU)
Through lab confirmed testing, a Windsor-Essex County (WEC) resident has been diagnosed with monkeypox.
Summer has officially started and the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit (WECHU) wants obtaining immunizations and updating student immunization records to be a top priority for parents and students.