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Restaurant and food service businesses preparing to offer outdoor dining on Friday need to make sure their COVID response plans are in order, says the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit.
Dr. Wajid Ahmed, the regionâs Medical Officer of Health, pointed out that regulations require such businesses be able to show their plan âtakes into consideration all the COVID-related measures.â
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WINDSOR, ONT. Windsor-Essex is under a heat warning for the next two days prompting the City of Windsor to open temporary cool shelters. The decision made my Dr. Wajid Ahmed, medical officer of health for the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit based on projections by Environment Canada. A heat warning is issued when two consecutive days are forecasted to have a daytime high temperature greater than or equal to 31°C and overnight temperatures greater than or equal to 21°C or a humidex of 42 or greater. The City of Windsor is opening a temporary cooling centre for residents unable to find relief from the heat at home or by using one of the seven city splash pads.
The death toll related to COVID-19 is at 427 people. Windsor-Essex has had a total of 16,608 confirmed cases of the virus, including 16,019 people who have recovered. BREAKDOWN OF NEW CASES 8 cases are close contacts of confirmed cases 1 cases are still under investigation OUTBREAKS IN THE REGION: 1 community outbreak There are 13 Windsor-Essex residents with confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the hospital and five people are in the ICU. There are currently 92 variants of concern that are active. Two of those being the B.1.617 varient, first detected in India and now rapidly spready across Quebec. WINDSOR-ESSEX COUNTY RESIDENT VACCINATED: A total of 291,963 doses have been administered to WEC residents
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The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit has named its new CEO.
Nicole Dupuis, currently a director of health protection, will take the reins from retiring CEO Theresa Marentette on July 1.
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“She is well respected for her knowledge and expertise in public health and has been an instrumental help and right hand to both Theresa and Dr. (Wajid) Ahmed during the last 14 or 15 months in serving our community on the pandemic,” said health unit board chair Gary McNamara on Tuesday.