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News Release: Health Unit Opens Skating Rinks, Skating Trails, Tobogganing Hills, OFSC Snowmobile Trails and Snowmobile Trails on Crown Land

NORTH BAY, ON – The North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit (Heath Unit) is lifting closures of outdoor skating rinks, skating trails, tobogganing hills, Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs (OFSC) snowmobile trails and snowmobile trails on Crown Land in the district effective Monday February 22, 2021. The outdoor amenities were closed in January 2021, after numerous complaints about individuals and groups not following public health measures.

Municipalities are asked to assess their plan and...

News Release: Health Unit Provides Update on Phase 1 of Vaccination Rollout in District

NIPISSING & PARRY SOUND, ON – The North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit (Health Unit) is preparing to vaccinate other priority groups in Phase 1 of Ontario’s Ethical Framework for COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution. To date, 1,109 vaccines have been administered in our district. Once the next shipment of vaccine arrives, it will be allocated to second dose vaccinations to individuals that have already received their first dose and to continue first dose vaccines for priority groups. It is anticipated...

News Release: The Health Unit Reports Second COVID-19 Related Death Within the District

NORTH BAY, ON – It is with great sadness that the North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit (Health Unit) reports the passing of an individual who tested positive for COVID-19 in association with the COVID-19 Community Outbreak at Skyline – Lancelot Apartments. The individual had a preliminary positive result for a COVID-19 Variant of Concern (VOC).

“I offer my sincere condolences to the individual’s family and friends and my thoughts are with them during this difficult time,” says Dr. Jim Chirico,...

News Release: COVID-19 Case Linked to Variant of Concern from South Africa

NORTH BAY, ON – The North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit (Health Unit) is reporting the Variant of Concern for one of the COVID-19 cases in the Community Outbreak is the Variant of Concern from South Africa. This is the first known case of the Variant of Concern from South Africa associated with the Community Outbreak and as well for the Health Unit district. The individual who tested positive for the Variant of Concern from South Africa has been identified as a close contact of an international...

News Release: Two Cases of COVID-19 Variant of Concern Confirmed in Parry Sound District

DISTRICT OF PARRY SOUND, ON– The North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit (Health Unit) is reporting two individuals have tested positive for COVID-19 with preliminary positive result of a COVID-19 Variant of Concern (VOC) in the District of Parry Sound. These individuals are not associated with the current COVID-19 Outbreak at the Skyline – Lancelot Apartments in North Bay. The two individuals are currently self-isolating and all high-risk contacts have been contacted and are self-isolating.

The...