Health partners in the region are advising residents who have non-essential reasons for going to the hospital or other health-care providers to avoid doing so to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The following…
Haliburton County cancellations/changes – COVID-19
The following is a list of cancellations or scheduling changes made due to safety concerns regarding the spread of coronavirus or COVID-19. If you have a cancellation you'd like to have included on this list please…
Positive case of COVID-19 in Northumberland County first…
Submitted by the HKPR Health Unit The Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit confirmed on March 13 the first positive case of COVID-19 in the region. The affected individual is a woman in her 60s…
COVID-19 Update: Schools to close for two weeks…
The Minister of Education announced on Thursday, March 12 that all publicly funded schools will close for two weeks following March Break in response to the coronavirus. Ontario schools will be closed from March…
Health unit’s response to COVID-19 unchanged following pandemic…
The Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit says the World Health Organization’s declaration that COVID-19 is a pandemic should not cause panic among residents and that preparations are ongoing to assist health-care providers in…