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Emergency Child Care Program for School-Aged Children of Frontline Workers

Sarnia, ON - On Monday, January 3, the Premier of Ontario announced that, in an effort to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus, all schools in the province will revert to remote learning effective Wednesday, January 5, 2022, for a period of at least two weeks.

To support health care and frontline workers, the Ministry of Education has implemented a targeted emergency child care program for school-aged children only (ages 4 -12 years), at no cost to eligible parents, until schools reopen for in-person...

Lambton Public Health 2021/22 Holiday Office & Services Schedule

Point Edward, ON – Lambton Public Health (LPH) would like to inform the public on changes to its operations during the holidays this year.

LPH is modifying the COVID-19 surveillance reporting schedule during the holiday season. This follows a similar approach across the province with reports from Provincial Health Authorities and other health units. The plan for reporting COVID-19 epidemiology is listed in the table at the end of this news release.

Case and contact management will continue during...

Provincial Vaccine Supply Update: Third Dose Walk-In Clinic added for 70+ in Forest

Point Edward, ON – Lambton Public Health (LPH) has been notified by the province that future orders of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine are temporarily delayed, so our remaining Pfizer supply needs to be prioritized.

Beginning Tuesday, December 21, in stock vaccines will be distributed as follows:

• Residents aged 12-29 years old will receive the Pfizer vaccine as recommended by the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (while supplies last).
• Residents aged 30+ will receive the Moderna vaccine.

Note:...