Media Releases

Please be advised that all COVID-19 vaccine clinics across the region are now full for the next two weeks. Due to Moderna vaccine supply shortages, some clinic dates must be changed and those people affected by this change will be contacted by NWHU to reschedule their appointment. Although there are Read more…

As we approach the Easter holiday and spring break, the northern Medical Officers of Health are asking all community members in northern Ontario to work together to prevent another surge in COVID-19. In many parts of northern Ontario, COVID-19 infection rates have been at some of the highest levels since Read more…

Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU) and Green Shield Canada (GSC) are partnering on an innovative dental public health program that will offer access to dental care through several dental clinics and mobile dental buses throughout the region, all at no cost to eligible patients. Green Shield Canada’s Green Door Project will Read more…

Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU) is declaring a workplace outbreak at Walmart in Dryden. A workplace outbreak means that there are at least two cases of COVID-19 in the workplace, we cannot rule out that transmissions happened in the workplace, and that there is a chance that others in the workplace Read more…

Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU) has identified that there was a low-level risk of COVID-19 exposure in many business locations throughout Dryden between March 9 and March 24, 2021. All individuals who had high-risk exposure to COVID-19 have been notified and given specific instructions. Anyone who has shopped in Dryden since Read more…

Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU) and local partners will offer regularly scheduled COVID-19 vaccine clinics across the region starting the week of March 22nd. Currently, people born in 1941 or earlier (aged 80 years and older) can use the new provincial booking system to schedule an appointment. The booking site is Read more…

All COVID-19 tests that come back positive are screened for variants of concern. Thismorning, Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU) was informed that two COVID-19 cases inour region have come back positive for the UK variant. The two cases are unrelated to one another. One case is in the Fort Frances area Read more…

The Government of Ontario announced that the Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU) areawill be moving to the Red–Control level of the COVID-19 Response Framework as ofMarch 15, 2021 at 12:01 a.m. There has been an increase in cases across the regionand the health unit urges residents to take immediate action to Read more…

Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU) and other local partners continue to offer the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to local residents who are most at risk in our area. Over the next few weeks, this includes giving second doses to Elder Care Home and Long Term Care Home (LTCH) residents and providing first Read more…

Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU) is closely watching the high numbers of COVID-19 cases in Thunder Bay and urges the public to be vigilant with prevention measures. On February 10, 2021, Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) declared an outbreak of COVID-19 among individuals who are experiencing homelessness and under-housing. Case Read more…