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The Haliburton, Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit is connecting recent opioid drug poisonings with a light yellow or green substance being sold as fentanyl or 'down.'

The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit issued second notices on Monday to parents to get their child's immunization records updated.

The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit advises parents and guardians to ensure their child's immunization are up to date and on file with the health unit.

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

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.

The health unit did not state where the case was confirmed within its jurisdiction of Peterborough, Peterborough County, Curve Lake First Nation and Hiawatha First Nation.

The goal of the drug strategy is to 'facilitate a collaborative, evidence-based approach to minimize the risks and harms associated with substance use.'

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.

The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit declared an outbreak after confirming two cases of hospital transmission of COVID-19 on the hospital's inpatient unit.

Peterborough Public Health and the Haliburton Kawartha PIne Ridge District Health Unit will explore the possible impacts a voluntary merger would have on their communities.

Campbellford Memorial Hospital says that due to a COVID-19 outbreak, only one 'essential caregiver' will be permitted to visit patients in the inpatient unit.

"The increased opioid overdose reports this week are troubling," said Dorothea Service, the Haliburton, Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit's harm reduction program manager.

Sienna Senior Living, which owns Aspiria Empire Crossing, confirms 48 of the 65 residents at the retirement home have tested positive for COVID-19.

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.

The SmartStat Hub connects families to support for child development concerns such as movement and speaking. The portal is a partnership with a number of local agencies.

The Eastern equine encephalitis virus is transmitted to horses through mosquito bites but it is extremely rare to find human infection.

Daytime temperatures are expected to reach between 29 C and 34 C on Tuesday and Wednesday with a humidex near 40 on both days. Cooler temperatures are expected overnight.

The health unit advises the latest spike in overdoses is due to fentanyl that is pink in colour, sometimes known among drug users as 'cotton candy.'

Regular visitation guidelines resumed on Tuesday. At the time of the outbreak declaration on Aug. 14, there were eight patients in the unit who had tested positive for COVID-19.

The hospital on Monday said eight patients in the restorative care unit have tested positive for COVID-19. Visitation has been paused for the unit but all other areas remain open.