Health

Algoma Public Health is reporting one new case of COVID-19 in the Algoma District. Through contact tracing, Algoma Public Health notifies all close contacts directly. If you are not contacted by Algoma Public Health, you are not considered a close contact.   Details of the confirmed case:   Case Number Exposure Category Status Tested Case #44 Unknown Self-isolating October 28, ...

Aujourd’hui, Ross Romano, le ministre des Collèges et Universités, a fait la déclaration suivante pour rappeler aux étudiantes et étudiants et au corps professoral du secteur postsecondaire de célébrer l’Halloween en toute sécurité cette année :   « La santé et la sécurité des étudiantes et étudiants, du corps professoral et du personnel de tous les collèges et universités financés par les ...

Today, Ross Romano, Minister of Colleges and Universities, issued the following statement to remind students and faculty in the postsecondary sector to celebrate Halloween safely this year:   “Our number one priority is the health and safety of our students, faculty and staff at all of Ontario’s publicly-assisted colleges and universities. Ontario’s postsecondary sector has shown tremendous leadership in responding ...

The number of Ontarians being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes is on the rise.  In Ontario, there are more than 1.5 million individuals diagnosed with type 1 or type 2 diabetes.  This represents approximately 10% of Ontarians.  This number rises to 29% when you combine the number of Ontarians diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, prediabetes and undiagnosed ...

The Board of Health for Algoma Public Health would like to announce the appointment of Dr. Jennifer Loo as Medical Officer of Health (MOH) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the District of Algoma, effective January 1, 2021­­. Current Medical Officer of Health/CEO, Dr. Marlene Spruyt will retire at the end of the year. Dr. Loo has served as the ...

Step 1 Call the North Algoma COVID-19 Assessment Centre at (705) 914-1114. If you meet the current testing guidelines you will be given an appointment to attend one of our testing sites.   Step 2 Visit the Assessment Centre testing site that your appointment has been booked at: Lady Dunn Health Centre – Main Site 17 Government Road Wawa, ON ...

The Ontario Government has taken further action to reduce the spread of COVID-19 by putting limits on the number of people permitted to attend unmonitored and private social gatherings across the entire province. The new limit on the number of people allowed to attend an unmonitored private social gathering across the province is: 10 people at an indoor event or ...

Le gouvernement de l’Ontario lance une campagne de recrutement pour hausser le nombre d’inspectrices et d’inspecteurs de la santé et la sécurité de première ligne de 98 et veiller à ce que les lieux de travail des quatre coins de la province fassent leur part pour prévenir la propagation de la COVID-19. Grâce à ces nouvelles recrues, la province comptera ...

The Ontario government is launching a recruitment campaign to increase its team of frontline health and safety inspectors by 98 and help ensure workplaces across the province are doing their part to prevent the spread of COVID-19. With these new hires, there will be more labour inspectors on the ground than ever before in the province’s history. “Our government is ...

The Ontario government is implementing the largest flu immunization campaign in Ontario’s history. The campaign is part of the province’s comprehensive plan to prepare the health system for a second wave of COVID-19. The plan, entitled Keeping Ontarians Safe: Preparing for Future Waves of COVID-19, sets out a series of steps to prevent, identify and respond to any outbreak scenario this fall. ...

Le gouvernement de l’Ontario s’apprête à lancer la plus vaste campagne de vaccination contre la grippe de l’histoire de la province. Cette campagne s’inscrit dans le cadre de son plan global visant à préparer le système de santé provincial à une deuxième vague de COVID-19. Intitulé Protéger les Ontariens : Se préparer à de futures vagues de COVID-19, le plan définit ...

Algoma Public Health (APH) has reported a new COVID-19 case in a resident in the Algoma District. The resident was tested positive on, and close contacts have been notified. Algoma Public Health notes that unknown exposure is evidence of ongoing community spread in Sault Ste. Marie & Area, and that all Algoma residents must continue to practice physical distancing because ...

Sixteen-year-old Audrey Vair, a senior at Superior Heights High School, donated 185 masks between the District of Sault Ste. Marie Social Services Administration Board (DSSMSSAB) and Algoma Family Services (AFS) this afternoon. Vair applied for, and was the recipient of, a #RisingYouth community service grant in July. In August, her project was approved for a $750 grant to help her ...

A new study of youth and young adult vaping behaviour and preferences reveals that young people across the country who vape do so most days of the week, many times a day. The research also highlights the reasons why they first start vaping and why they continue, and that many have moved on to smoking cigarettes. “The survey results are ...

Une nouvelle étude menée sur les habitudes et les préférences de vapotage auprès des adolescents et des jeunes adultes révèle qu’au pays, les jeunes qui vapotent le font la plupart des jours de la semaine et plusieurs fois par jour. La recherche met également en lumière les raisons qui poussent les jeunes à vapoter et à continuer et souligne que ...