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29 March 2021 / Media Releases
Northwestern Health Unit and Green Shield Canada Partner to Create Innovative Dental Public Health Program
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...
Read More 28 March 2021 / Media Releases
Workplace Outbreak in Dryden
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...
Read More 26 March 2021 / Media Releases
Risk of COVID-19 exposure in Dryden
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...
Read More 19 March 2021 / Media Releases
COVID-19 vaccine appointments available to eligible populations
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...
Read More 12 March 2021 / Media Releases
Variants of concern found in the area
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...
Read More 12 March 2021 / Media Releases
NWHU Region Moving to Red Level of COVID-19 Response Framework
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....
Read More 5 March 2021 / Media Releases
COVID-19 Vaccine in our area – Update
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...
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