Update on Covid-19 vaccine roll-out in Ottawa

To / Destinataire: CHCs/CRCs; Flu vaccine providers; Travel Clinics; Walk-In Clinics; Physicians; Nurse Practitioners;From / Expéditeur: Dr. Trevor Arnason, Associate Medical Officer of Health, Ottawa Public Health

Dear Colleagues,In follow-up to the March 1st Update of Covid-19 vaccine roll-out in Ottawa, we are pleased to announce that vaccine supplies will allow healthcare worker vaccination to proceed to the “very high priority” group. This category is broad and includes tens of thousands of...

Update on COVID-19 vaccine roll-out in Ottawa

To : CHCs/CRCs; Flu vaccine providers; Travel Clinics; Walk-In Clinics; Physicians; Nurse Practitioners; From : Dr. Trevor Arnason, Associate Medical Officer of Health, Ottawa Public HealthSubject : Update on Covid-19 vaccine roll-out in OttawaDate : March 1, 2021

Dear Colleagues,

Ottawa continues the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out of phase 1 of Ontario’s COVID-19 Vaccination Plan. Although vaccine supply has started to increase and we hope/expect to see this trend continue, the supply is still the limiting...

Covid-19 vaccine roll-out in Ottawa

To : Flu vaccine providers; Travel Clinics; Walk-In Clinics; Family Medicine; Infectious Diseases; Nurse Practitioners; Pediatrics;From : Dr. Trevor Arnason, Associate Medical Officer of Health, Ottawa Public HealthSubject : Covid-19 vaccine roll-out in OttawaDate : January 5th, 2020

Public health promotion in your community. 

Dear Colleagues,

Thank you for your ongoing hard work for our community. This memo is to provide information about the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out in Ottawa. Two vaccines have now...

Blastomycosis cases, Ottawa, 2020, possible local exposures

To: Ottawa Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Emergency DepartmentsDate: November 23, 2020From: Dr. Monir Taha, Associate Medical Office of Health, Ottawa Public Health

In 2020 to this point in time, 4 cases of blastomycosis in Ottawa residents have been reported to Ottawa Public Health (OPH). Local exposure is likely in all 4 cases – in 3 cases it is supported by a lack of history of travel outside of the Ottawa/Gatineau area within the incubation period. OPH is writing to alert you that this...

UPDATE: 2020-2021 Universal Influenza Immunization Program (UIIP)

To: Flu vaccine providers; Travel Clinics; Walk-In Clinics; Family Medicine; Infectious Disease; Nurse Practioners; Pediatrics;From: Dr. Trevor Arnason, Associate Medical Officer of Health, Ottawa Public HealthDate: November 19, 2020

Dear Colleagues,

Thank you for your ongoing support in providing the influenza vaccine to your patients.

Ottawa Public Health is currently experiencing a reduction in our weekly vaccine deliveries from the Ministry of Health. We expect this reduction in supply to be...