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July 6, 2020
The July Board of Health meeting of Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health will be held on Wednesday, July 8 at 2:30 p.m. via Zoom . The July 8,...Read more
June 30, 2020
Please note that WDG Public Health offices and our COVID -19 call centres will be closed to the public for Canada Day on Wednesday, July 1 and will...Read more
June 22, 2020
June 22, 2020: Public Health is advising the community that efforts to curb the spread of rabies in wild animals will continue this summer. The...Read more
June 10, 2020
June 10, 2020 – On June 8, the Government of Ontario announced Phase 2 of the Framework for Reopening our Province will begin on Friday, June 12...Read more
June 8, 2020
June 8, 2020: The Provincial Government has announced that Ontario will begin to move to Phase 2 of the “Framework for Reopening our Province” on...Read more
June 5, 2020
Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health is governed by a Board of Health consisting of local municipal councillors, mayors and community members and...Read more
June 5, 2020
June 5, 2020 - Good health should not depend on the colour of your skin or your postal code, but it does for too many people. In the midst of a...Read more
June 4, 2020
June 4, 2020: Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health received notification of a positive rabies test in a bat on June 2. There was no human...Read more
June 3, 2020
June 3, 2020: Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph ( WDG ) Public Health has won $50,000 in the second phase of the MaRS Discovery District Healthy...Read more
June 2, 2020
The June Board of Health meeting of Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health will be held on Wednesday, June 3 via Zoom. The June 3, 2020 BOH meeting...Read more
June 2, 2020
Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health will conduct a mosquito larvicide program from June 1 to October 31, 2020. The Medical Officer of Health has...Read more
May 25, 2020
May 25, 2020: Environment Canada is forecasting an early arrival of heat this season in Southwestern Ontario and has issued a heat warning today that...Read more
May 1, 2020
I wanted to take a moment today to thank all physicians in our area for continuing to meet the health needs in our community. Not only are you caring...Read more
April 24, 2020
April 24, 2020 - Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health confirms an individual died this morning after attending the Guelph COVID -19 Assessment...Read more
April 20, 2020
April 20, 2020 - The Mount Forest COVID -19 Assessment Clinic will open on Tuesday, April 21 at the Mount Forest Sportsplex (850 Princess Street,...Read more
April 9, 2020
April 9, 2020: Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health is encouraging residents to avoid family or faith gatherings in person over the holiday...Read more
April 3, 2020
April 3, 2020 - The Guelph COVID -19 Assessment Clinic, currently located at 65 Delhi Street, will have a new location beginning on Monday (April 6,...Read more
April 2, 2020
April 2, 2020 - Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health confirms the first COVID -19 death in Guelph – an individual in their 80s. Out of respect...Read more
March 31, 2020
March 31, 2020 – A patient at Headwaters Health Care Centre ( HHCC ) tested positive for COVID -19. On arrival to the hospital, the patient was...Read more
March 26, 2020
March 26, 2020 – Guelph General Hospital ( GGH ) and Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health have declared an outbreak of COVID -19 on a ward (4E)...Read more