Public Health Alert – Increase in Gastrointestinal and Respiratory Illness

Situation Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU) monitors community indicators including institutional outbreak activity, hospitalizations, deaths, and community-reported transmission of gastrointestinal and respiratory illness.  Over the past month, NWHU has noted the following: This indicates that we are in a high-risk period for respiratory illness transmission. It should be noted that statistics Read more…

Health Care Provider Medical Advisory: Influenza Update and Respiratory Outbreak Testing Prioritization Protocol

There have been some new documents released regarding influenza and respiratory outbreak testing. Please see below for further information. COVID-19 Influenza Q&A re: patients > 65 years or age The Ministry of Health has developed a Q&A document for Health Care Providers to help guide influenza vaccine conversations with patients Read more…