HKPRDHU

• Toxic drug supply identified in Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland County: health unit

  Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit alerted community partners and first responders about a spike in suspected opioid drug poisonings.

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  Apr 9
  
• Peterborough-area health units urge measles vaccination as Canadian cases rise

  Peterborough Public Health and the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit advise residents to review immunization records and get updated with the measles vaccine.

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  Mar 6
  
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• Peterborough, HKPR District public health units agree to voluntary merger

  Ontario's Ministry of Health has offered to provide one-time transition funding and three-year merger support for public health units that combined resources by Jan. 1, 2025.

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  Feb 28
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• COVID-19: HKPR health unit reports 2 new deaths, hospitalizations; 7 outbreaks

  Since the beginning of the pandemic, there have been 105 deaths reported in the City of Kawartha Lakes, 11 in Haliburton County and 65 in Northumberland County.

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  Nov 8, 2023
• COVID-19: HKPR reports deaths in Kawartha Lakes; 2 ICU admissions; Cobourg hospital outbreak ends

  The regional health unit reports three new hospitalizations for COVID-19 since the Feb. 28 update.

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  Mar 7, 2023
• COVID-19: HKPR reports death, 2 new hospitalizations, outbreak declared at Cobourg hospital

  Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay reported 22 inpatients with COVID-19 around noontime Tuesday.

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  Feb 28, 2023
• Central Ontario adults on social assistance must spend 30-50% of income on food: health unit report

  For a single adult on Ontario Works with a monthly income of $863, the cost of a nutritious food basket is $397 — approximately 46 per cent of income.

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  Feb 17, 2023
• COVID-19 outbreak declared on rehab unit at Northumberland Hills Hospital in Cobourg, Ont.

  The hospital early Tuesday evening reported four active cases of COVID-19 on the rehab unit.

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  Jan 24, 2023
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• COVID-19: HKPR reports death, new ICU admission over past week

  Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay reported five inpatients with COVID-19 as of noon Tuesday — one more from a week ago.

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  Nov 22, 2022
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• Health unit issues opioid overdose alert for City of Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland County

  The health unit says contributing factors for the overdoses may include people using alone or a potentially contaminated or poisoned drug supply.

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  Jul 12, 2022