Media Advisory: Update on Students with Incomplete Immunization Records
Update on Students with Incomplete Immunization Records
Immunization
News Release: Health Unit Issues Suspension Orders to Elementary Students
As part of the continued work to prevent the spread of vaccine preventable diseases, the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit (WECHU) completed a review of all elementary student immunization records in December and more than 12,000 students received a notice.
Students in Elementary School to be Suspended if Immunization Information Not Updated with the WECHU
Parents and guardians of JK to Grade 8 students attending school in Windsor and Essex County are reminded to check their child’s immunization record (the yellow card they received when they got their first vaccine) to make sure they’re up-to-date on their vaccines based on Ontario’s publicly fund
School Administrators
This page provides resources and guidance for school administrators across Windsor and Essex County relating to the suspension of students due to incomplete immunization records.
News Release: Elementary School Students with Out-of-Date Immunization Records Risk Being Suspended in March
The Immunization of School Pupils Act (ISPA) R.S.O.1990 requires all students in Ontario to be up-to-date on immunizations.
Catch-Up Immunization Clinics
The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit (WECHU) is hosting a series of catch-up immunization clinics for students in secondary schools who have received a suspension order.
News Release: Health Unit Issues Suspension Orders to Secondary Students
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.
Population Health Status Indicators
Windsor-Essex Health Status Indicator
(WE-HSI) Dashboard
Diseases of Public Health Significance Data Dashboard
The infectious disease dashboard provides annual and monthly counts of reportable diseases in Windsor-Essex County, along with annual disease rates for Windsor-Essex County and Ontario.
The information contained allows for the identification of key trends in reportable diseases and health issues of local public health significance.
Local COVID-19 Vaccination Statistics
The purpose of this dashboard is to provide an overview of COVID-19 vaccination in Windsor-Essex County (WEC), including vaccine uptake and coverage. The dashboard displays temporal trends of doses administered and vaccine coverage by age and forward sortation areas (FSAs) for key indicators.