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Public Service Announcement: Flu Shot Appointments Available in Mid-November

NORTH BAY, ON - Flu season is not yet underway and the North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit (Health Unit) has received above average requests for the flu shot. As a result the Health Unit is now booking appointments into mid-November and will not be accepting further appointment bookings until the first week of November. Information on community flu shot clinics will be made public in the upcoming weeks.

The flu vaccine is provided to health units from the Ministry of Health, these shipments...

Public Service Announcement: The Health Unit Confirms Second Case of COVID-19 in a School in the Nipissing District

NORTH BAY, ON - The North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit (Health Unit) has confirmed a second individual in the Nipissing District has tested positive for COVID-19 at Chippewa Secondary School. The Health Unit has not declared an outbreak, as the cases do not have an epidemiological link, meaning they are not a part of the same class or cohort and transmission took place outside the school. The Health Unit is working with the school board to ensure that all close contacts are contacted directly....

News Release: School in the Nipissing District has First Individual Test Positive for COVID-19

NORTH BAY, ON - The North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit (Health Unit) has confirmed an individual has tested positive for COVID-19 at a school within the Nipissing District. The Health Unit is working with the school board to ensure that all close contacts are contacted directly. The individual is currently self-isolating.

It is known that the individual is a close contact of another positive COVID-19 case in our district and there is no evidence to suggest that this case was exposed at...

News Release: Potential Exposure to COVID-19 at Highball Billiards & Bar in North Bay

NORTH BAY, ON - The North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit (Health Unit) is issuing a community notice about a potential public exposure to COVID-19 amongst patrons who were at Highball Billiards & Bar, 236 Second Ave. W., in North Bay. Dates of potential exposure are Thursday, Oct. 8 to Sunday, Oct 11 from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. each day.

Local contact tracing is underway by the Health Unit. Contact information for patrons of the establishment is not available. Patrons at the establishment during...

News Release: Health Unit Accepting Bookings for the Flu Shot

NORTH BAY, ON - Flu season is around the corner. The North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit (Health Unit) is recommending that everyone get their flu shot. In the 2019-2020 flu season, the district had 124 laboratory confirmed cases of influenza (flu). By getting the flu shot, you can help protect yourself and the ones you love, and help reduce the burden on the hospital system during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The first shipment of the flu vaccine has been received by the Health...