Tag: Middlesex-London Health Unit
Children aged five to 11 now eligible for COVID-19 booster dose
Another item has been added to the back-to-school to-do list for London-area parents: book a COVID-19 booster shot for their children aged five to 11 years old.
Overdose ER visits in London area up significantly since 2019
The Middlesex London Health Unit says there were 1,037 overdose related ER visits across the region last year, up from 729 in 2020 and 545 in 2019.
‘Shocking’: Local opioid-overdose ER visits doubled in two years
In the wake of shocking new statistics, health experts say the overdose crisis in London will continue unless there are major improvements to housing, social services and harm-reduction programs.
London-area records 39 COVID-19 hospitalizations, 1 additional death
The Middlesex London Health Unit confirmed Monday a man in his 60s, linked to a long-term care home is the latest person in the area to succumb to the virus.
London-area health unit names new second-in-command, temporarily
The London-area health unit has named a new second-in-command to start next month, but it will be only a temporary position.
Health unit names acting associate medical officer of health
Dr. Karalyn Dueck will serve as the associate medical officer of health for London and Middlesex County on a temporary bases starting on September 12.
43 COVID-19 hospitalizations, 3 additional deaths in London area
Two men, one in his 80s and the other in his 90s, and a woman in her 100s are the most recent individuals in the London region to succumb to the virus, the health unit confirmed Monday.
Man in his 90s latest London-area COVID-19 death
There have now been 420 COVID-19 related deaths in London and Middlesex County since the pandemic began.
London-area records four COVID-19 deaths
The Middlesex London Health Unit confirmed Thursday three men in their 80s and a woman in her 90s are the latest people to succumb to the virus.
1 additional COVID-19 death in London area
A woman in her 80s is the latest person in the region to succumb to the virus, the Middlesex London Health Unit said on Monday.