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First Round of COVID-19 Immunizations Complete
Posted on Saturday, February 13, 2021 10:15 AM
Point Edward, ON – The Lambton COVID-19 Immunization Task Force is happy to report the first doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered to every long-term care and high risk retirement home resident in Lambton County who wanted one. First doses of the Moderna vaccine were also given to Indigenous Elder Care home residents on Aamjiwnaang First Nation, Kettle & Stony Point First Nation, and Walpole Island First Nation.
The Mobile Immunization Team, which consists of staff from Lambton Public...
Outbreaks Declared for Two Senior Living Homes
Posted on Saturday, February 13, 2021 09:50 AM
Point Edward, ON – Lambton Public Health (LPH) is investigating outbreaks at a Long Term Care and a Retirement Home, declared on February 12, 2021. LPH received the laboratory-confirmed positive COVID-19 test results for one staff member at Trillium Villa Long Term Care Community in Sarnia and one staff member at Landmark Village Retirement Home in Sarnia.
A long-term care or other communal living setting outbreak is declared facility wide when one or more lab-confirmed COVID-19 case in a staff member...
COVID-19 Response Operational Updates
Posted on Friday, February 12, 2021 04:18 PM
Point Edward, ON – Lambton Public Health (LPH) will continue to monitor the pandemic situation and modify services and internal operations in order to support the COVID-19 response effectively. The office will be closed Monday, February 15, 2021 to observe Family Day. COVID-19 case and contact management will continue to be supported, but surveillance data reports will not be updated. Updates will resume on Tuesday, February 16, 2021.
School Testing Centres
Since the opening of testing centres for...
Lambton moves to the Restrict (Orange) Level under COVID-19 Response Framework
Posted on Friday, February 12, 2021 03:15 PM
Point Edward, ON – The provincial announcement indicates Lambton County will be transitioning from the current provincial shutdown and stay-at-home orders to the COVID-19 Response Framework on February 16, 2021 under the Restrict (Orange) Level which reflects intermediate measures.
Review of trends in public health indicators has informed these decisions based on improvements in COVID-19 transmission, health system capacity, public health system capacity, local context and conditions, and testing...
Emergency Control Group Update - February 10, 2021
Posted on Wednesday, February 10, 2021 04:03 PM
Wyoming, ON - The County of Lambton Emergency Control Group met Wednesday, February 10 to discuss updates in the current COVID-19 situation. The group will meet again on Wednesday next week to discuss new developments and planning requirements. Additional meetings will be scheduled if needed.
At this meeting, the Emergency Control Group:
- Received an update regarding the current COVID-19 situation in Lambton County. Statistics are available on the Lambton Public Health website, including a detailed