Public Health Alerts

Ontario’s COVID-19 Vaccine Program – 2024/2025

To: Ottawa Physicians and Nurse Practitioners
Date: September 27, 2024
From: Dr. Trevor Arnason, Deputy Medical Officer of Health
Subject: Ontario’s COVID-19 Vaccine Program – 2024/2025

Dear Colleagues,

The Province has announced Ontario’s COVID-19 Vaccine Program – 2024/2025.

Attached is a letter from the Chief Medical Officer of Health of Ontario, Dr. Kieran Moore, outlining the provincial program.

The Province has also provided a number of resources for healthcare providers on their COVID-19 Vaccine...

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Key dates for 2024/2025 Universal Influenza Immunization Program roll-out in Ottawa

To: Ottawa Physicians and Nurse Practitioners
Date: September 24, 2024
From: Dr. Trevor Arnason, Associate Medical Officer of Health
Subject: Key dates for 2024/2025 Universal Influenza Immunization Program roll-out in Ottawa

Dear Colleagues,

Ottawa Public Health (OPH) expects to receive its first shipment of influenza vaccines from the Ontario Ministry of Health’s Universal Influenza Immunization Program (UIIP) by the week of September 30. As such we will work diligently to distribute as soon as...

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Pertussis: Ongoing increase in cases and reminders

To: Ottawa Physicians and Nurse Practitioners
Date: September 23, 2024
From: Dr. Laura Bourns, Associate Medical Officer of Health
Subject: Pertussis: Ongoing increase in cases and reminders

Since the spring, there has been an increase in the number of pertussis cases reported in Quebec, Ontario, and other jurisdictions. In 2024 (as of September 16), 126 cases of confirmed or probable pertussis in Ottawa residents have been reported to Ottawa Public Health (OPH), compared to six cases in 2023. The...

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Legionellosis in Ottawa

To: Ottawa Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Walk-in Clinics, Emergency
Date: September 18, 2024
From: Dr. Monir Taha, Associate Medical Officer of Health, Ottawa Public Health
Subject: Legionellosis in Ottawa

Ottawa Public Health (OPH) has received reports of cases in Ottawa of Legionnaires’ disease caused by Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 with onsets of illness in August and September 2024 at an incidence rate above expected. OPH is investigating if there is a common source of the infections. When...

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Ontario’s 2024-2025 Infant and High-Risk Children RSV Prevention Program

To: Ottawa Physicians and Nurse Practitioners
Date: September 17, 2024
From: Dr. Trevor Arnason, Deputy Medical Officer of Health
Subject: Ontario’s 2024-2025 Infant and High-risk Children RSV Prevention Program

Dear Colleagues,

Ontario has announced a new provincial Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) vaccination program for infants and high-risk children starting this 2024-2025 respiratory virus season. Attached is a letter from the Chief Medical Officer of Health of Ontario, Dr. Kieran Moore, outlining...

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