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Southwestern Public Health asks for information in dog biting incident
Posted on Tuesday, November 09, 2021 09:38 AM
Southwestern Public Health is seeking more information related to a dog biting incident that took place in South-West Oxford over the weekend.
On Sunday, November 7, 2021, at approximately 9:30 a.m., an individual on a bicycle was approached by a dog and its two owners and was bit as he was riding by. The dog appeared to be a young German Shepard, and its owners were a male and female wearing sunglasses and dark coats.
The incident took place in on Zora Line between Queen Street and Embro Street...
Province Expanding Booster Eligibility to More Ontarians
Posted on Wednesday, November 03, 2021 03:14 PM
Starting today, November 3, additional high-risk groups will be eligible to book their COVID-19 booster dose if at least six months have passed since their last dose.
- Individuals aged 70 and over (born in 1951 or earlier);
- Health care workers and designated essential caregivers in congregate settings (including long-term care home and retirement home staff and designated caregivers);
- Individuals who received a complete series of a viral vector vaccine (two doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine or one...
Southwestern Public Health Seeking Information on Dog Bite Incident
Posted on Tuesday, November 02, 2021 05:25 PM
Southwestern Public Health is looking to the public for help identifying a dog that bit a child on Halloween night. The incident occurred at the corner of Stover and South Court Streets in Norwich between 7:30 pm and 7:45 pm.
The child was trick or treating and encountered a man walking a dog on a leash down the sidewalk. The dog jumped up and bit the child's arm. The dog is described as a large black dog with short hair and a brown belly. It left a paw print the size of a baseball on the victim's...
COVID-19 vaccine clinics expanding again in the Southwestern Public Health region
Posted on Friday, October 29, 2021 09:39 AM
Southwestern Public Health is making updates to its COVID-19 vaccine clinics to prepare to welcome children aged five to 11 and expanded third doses, once these groups become eligible by way of Ontario’s Ministry of Health.
“We will be ready,” says Jaime Fletcher, the Program Manager leading the COVID-19 vaccine efforts in Elgin County, Oxford County, and City of St. Thomas. “We know what is needed to quickly respond to expanded eligibility, and we have the teams and logistics in place again to be...
Southwestern Public Health Seeking Information on Dog Bite Incident
Posted on Tuesday, October 19, 2021 11:26 AM
Southwestern Public Health is looking for additional information related to a dog biting incident that occurred on Devonshire Road in Tillsonburg.
On Sunday, October 17, around 4:45 p.m., an individual was walking their dog when another dog described as “large, light brown, and with long fur”, ran up and bit them. The dog who bit the individual did not appear to have an owner nearby.
If you have any information on a dog matching this description that may have been running alone at this time, please...
Message from Dr. Joyce Lock, Medical Officer of Health
Posted on Wednesday, October 13, 2021 10:50 AM
October 13, 2021
To the Residents of Oxford County, Elgin County, and the City of St. Thomas
The cases of COVID-19 in the Southwestern Public Health region are rising again. They are rising at a time when the 7-day average number of cases in Ontario is declining.
Most active cases in our region are in people under the age of 40 who are unvaccinated. Many people testing positive for COVID have no known exposure for COVID – they do not know where or how they became ill.
Before you and your family...