Alerts and Updates

Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Huron Perth Public Health Updates and Alerts

• February 20, 2020: Public Health Update: Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update - Returning Travellers
• February 14, 2020: Public Health Update: Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update
  • Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Guidance for Primary Care Providers in a Community Setting (Ministry of Health)
• February 8, 2020: Public Health Update: Novel Coronavirus Update - Case Definition
• February 7, 2020: Public Health Update: Novel Coronavirus Update - Returning Travellers
• January 31, 2020: Public Health Update: Novel Coronavirus Update
• January 27, 2020: Public Health Update - Novel Coronavirus Triage Screening Update
• January 24, 2020: Public Health Update - Novel Coronavirus Update
• January 24, 2020: Case Definition 2019-nCoV
• January 23, 2020: Public Health Update - Novel Coronavirus

Updates and Alerts from Canadian and Ontario Government

• Public Health Ontario Novel Coronavirus Testing
• Government of Canada: 2019 Novel Coronavirus infection (Wuhan, China): Outbreak update

Background

On December 31, 2019, a cluster of cases of pneumonia was reported in Wuhan, China, and the cause has been confirmed as a new coronavirus that has not previously been identified in humans. This virus is now known as the novel coronavirus or COVID-19. 

Huron Perth Public Health is working with our partners and stakeholders to monitor this situation. 

For more information, please call Huron Perth Public Health at 1-888-221-2133 to speak with a member of the Infectious Disease Team.