News Releases
News Release: International Overdose Awareness Day in Windsor and Essex County
Published on Monday, August 29, 2022
August 31st is International Overdose Awareness Day, where we remember the lives lost due to an opioid overdose and take collective action to end stigma by creating a more inclusive environment for people who use substances.
News Release: Health Unit Issues Suspension Orders to Secondary Students
Published on Monday, August 08, 2022
Public health units are to maintain and review vaccine records for every student attending school in their region and those not up-to-date can be suspended from school for up to 20 days.
News Release: West Nile Virus Positive Mosquito Pool Found
Published on Monday, August 08, 2022
Routine monitoring for West Nile Virus (WNV) has identified one positive mosquito pool in our community. This is the first sign of WNV in Windsor and Essex County (WEC) this year.
News Release: Windsor-Essex County Health Unit issues Special Weather Statement
Published on Wednesday, August 03, 2022
Based on information from Environment Canada, the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit has issued a Special Weather Statement for Wednesday August 3, 2022.
News Release: Faith Community’s Response to Opioid Crisis Results in 500+ Naloxone Kits Distributed
Published on Friday, July 29, 2022
Rising rates of opioid-related overdose and death continue to be a concern for local health and social services leaders working on the Windsor-Essex Community Opioid and Substance Strategy.
News Release: Upcoming Changes to Mass Vaccination Clinics and Boosters Available for 12 - 17 Year Olds
Published on Friday, February 18, 2022
Grovedale Arts and Cultural Centre (Kingsville) and Hôtel-Dieu Grace Healthcare clinic to close over the coming weeks. Devonshire Mall clinic to expand as a “catch up” vaccination clinic for children.
News Release: New Location Announced for County-Based Mass Vaccination Clinic
Published on Tuesday, February 01, 2022
The health unit and partners are relocating the mass vaccination site currently located at Nature Fresh Farms Recreation Centre in Leamington with the final doses being administered at this site on Saturday, February 5th.
News Release: Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine Supply Increases and Walk-ins Accepted across the Region
Published on Wednesday, January 26, 2022
On December 18, 2021, the Ontario Ministry of Health put in place recommendations to preserve the limited availability of the Pfizer-BioNTech (Comirnaty) vaccine to only those who were identified for a preferential dose of the vaccine (i.e., those between 12-29 years of age).
News Release: Mass Vaccination Site at Hôtel-Dieu Grace Healthcare Now Open for Walk-ins
Published on Wednesday, January 26, 2022
Windsor, ON: The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit (WECHU), in partnership with Hôtel-Dieu Grace Healthcare (HDGH), has expanded their mass vaccination clinic at the Dr. Y Emara Centre for Healthy Aging and Mobility to welcome walk-ins.
News Release: Health Unit Institutes Employee Vaccination Policy
Published on Friday, August 27, 2021
Joining other local leaders like the University, College, City of Windsor, and County of Essex, the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit has implemented a vaccination policy for its staff to ensure workforce availability and protect clients amidst the pandemic’s fourth wave.