Health

Algoma Public Health has reported one (1) new case of COVID-19 (#405), from Sault Ste. Marie and area. The individual was tested today, July 23rd, 2021 and is of close contact exposure. Through contact tracing, all close contacts have been notified.

The Wawa Family Health team would like to inform the public that we currently have a shortage of physicians, and have been unable to secure locum physicians to fill the shortage.  The remaining local physicians will do their best to maintain services, however, there will be longer wait times for clinic appointments and may be longer wait times for non-urgent ...

Mélanie-Rose Frappier and Alison Lewis, both fourth-year medical students at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM), are the inaugural recipients of newly established CIBC Indigenous Learner Leadership Awards. The awards recognize self-identified Indigenous learners at NOSM who demonstrate exceptional leadership and mentorship within the School and community. “Mélanie-Rose and Alison are fantastic leaders with a strong commitment to promoting ...

MMélanie-Rose Frappier et Alison Lewis, étudiantes en quatrième année de médecine à l’École de médecine du Nord de l’Ontario (EMNO) sont les toutes premières lauréates du nouveau Prix de leadership étudiant de la CIBC pour les Autochtones. Ce prix récompense des étudiantes et étudiants de l’EMNO qui se disent Autochtones et apportent du leadership et du mentorat exceptionnels à l’École ...

The Maamwesying North Shore Community Health Services NORTHERN CLINIC will be hosting a COVID-19 vaccine clinic on Tuesday, July 27, 2021 administering the Moderna vaccine with afternoon and evening appointments available. Indigenous people (First Nation, Metis, Inuit) and Urban Indigenous in Wawa, Chapleau and the surrounding area 18 years and up are the focus of this clinic. Appointments are also ...

Ontario will be removing the requirement that fully-immunized and asymptomatic staff, caregivers and visitors be tested before entering long-term care homes. This update to testing requirements was made in consultation with Dr. Kieran Moore, the Chief Medical Officer of Health, and is based on the latest scientific evidence and expert advice. Updated guidance to retirement homes will also recommend exempting ...

L’Ontario lèvera l’exigence selon laquelle le personnel, les fournisseurs de soins et les visiteurs entièrement immunisés et asymptomatiques doivent subir un test de dépistage avant d’entrer dans les foyers de soins de longue durée. Cette mise à jour des exigences en matière de dépistage a été effectuée en consultation avec le Dr Kieran Moore, médecin hygiéniste en chef, et repose ...

Northern Ontario is a vast territory — almost as big as France and Germany combined — with a widely scattered population the size of only 10% of the rest of the province. While rich in forests, minerals, scenery and brilliant, hardy people, Ontario’s north, like many other rural and remote areas, require specially trained doctors equipped to handle the unique ...

The ADSB Summer Wellness Line is available again this summer for Algoma District School Board (ADSB) parents (or students age 14 and older) who are welcome to phone the Summer Wellness Line if they would like: to book a virtual appointment for counselling support for students to speak with a school-based mental health professional about strategies to support students info ...

Official Opposition NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is calling for provincial funding and an urgent action plan to help people quickly get the procedures and surgeries they need, hundreds of thousands of which have been delayed by COVID-19. “Thousands of people are coping with pain and worry while they wait for procedures like cancer scans, hip replacements and even heart surgeries,” ...

MPP Jamie West held a virtual public forum to mark two years since he called for more action on the opioid crisis in Sudbury and Northern Ontario. West was joined at the “Two Years Too Many” virtual event by local advocates and health professionals who renewed calls on the Ford government to stop ignoring the opioid crisis and to take ...

M. Jamie West, député de Sudbury, a organisé un forum public virtuel pour marquer deux ans depuis qu’il a demandé plus de mesures pour lutter contre la crise des opioïdes à Sudbury et dans le Nord de l’Ontario. Lors de cet événement virtuel, intitulé « Deux ans de trop », M. West a été rejoint par des militant·es communautaires et ...

The Ontario government, in consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health and other health experts, including the Ontario Science Advisory Table, is further accelerating the second dose interval for individuals who received their first dose of an AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to eight weeks, with informed consent, from 12 weeks. With informed consent, individuals can choose between a second dose ...

Le gouvernement de l’Ontario, en consultation avec le médecin hygiéniste en chef et d’autres experts de la santé, y compris la Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table, accélère davantage l’intervalle entre les deux doses pour les personnes qui ont reçu leur première dose d’un vaccin contre la COVID-19 d’AstraZeneca, le faisant passer de 12 à huit semaines, avec un consentement éclairé. ...

The roll out of the Covid-19 vaccines has seen 4168 doses administered as of June 11th, 2021 to local residents as well as to individuals who travel to North Algoma for work.   Here is a snapshot of vaccine uptake for North Algoma residents: Wawa Dubreuilville White River Total people immunized with at least 1 dose as of June 11 ...