COVID-19

Windsor-Essex Residents Encouraged to Get Vaccinated

Today's media briefing at 8:30 a.m. is cancelled. Moving forward, the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit will hold one media briefing per week, taking place on Wednesday mornings at 8:30 a.m.

On Tuesday, August 30, 2022, Nicole Dupuis, CEO of the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit and Board of Health Chair, Mr. Gary McNamara, will host a virtual media briefing to discuss upcoming changes at the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit.

As the landscape of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve, the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit (WECHU) remains committed to providing timely and credible public health information to the community.

The following statement can be attributed to the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit (WECHU)

The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit (WECHU) launched their active tick surveillance program on Friday, May 13, 2022.

The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit (WECHU), along with the Active School Travel (AST) Regional Committee, led an initiative encouraging more kids to walk, wheel, roll, and bike to school.

This is the third year of the pandemic and COVID-19 has affected every person, family, business and organization. It’s clear that COVID-19 is not going to be eradicated in the near future, and our community will have to learn to “live” with this novel infectious disease. The plan for the community, moving forward, has to be realistic, based on what we know and have learned so far.

Individuals aged 60 and older as well as First Nation, Inuit and Métis adults (including their non-Indigenous household members) aged 18 and over will be able to receive a fourth dose COVID-19 vaccination in Windsor and Essex County starting today.