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Protect yourself from COVID-19

If you are experiencing symptoms, or have been in close contact with a confirmed case, please self-isolate and contact the Manitoulin Health Centre to book an appointment. To book an appointment, call (705) 368-2300 during regular business hours. 

When you go out, make sure to follow public health guidance—wash your hands, cover your cough or sneeze with your arm or a tissue, avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth, follow all the steps of physical distancing, wear your face covering, and stay home when ill.

If you are having difficulty breathing or are experiencing other severe symptoms, call 911.

Vaccine Clinics:

How to book an vaccine appointment
Appointments can be booked online through the provincial online booking system at covid-19.ontario.ca/book-vaccine and through the local call centre at 705.674.2299 (toll-free: 1.800.708.2505). 

Manitoulin Vaccine Clinics 
In partnership with Manitoulin Health Centre, Mnaamodzawin Health Services and Noojmowin Teg Health Centre
Every Thursday beginning January 20th - February 26th, 2022 from 10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
4 Directions Complex
1300 HWY 540, Aundeck Omni Kaning


**Walk-ins accepted, you may also call Noojmowin Teg Health Centre at (705) 368-0083 ext. 201 to make an appointment and inquire about transporation services. 

UPDATE: February 9th, 2022

  • Booster doses (third doses) should be offered to the following populations at a minimum interval of three months (84 days) or longer between their second and booster dose:
    • First Nations, Inuit and Metis individuals who are 12 years of age and older, and
    • Non-indigenous individuals who are either 12-17 years of age and have an underlying medical condition as per Ontario Ministry of Health Guidance, third dose recommendations document,
    • Health Care Workers who are 16 years of age and older and individuals who are 18 years of age and older are eligible.

 

Resources:

Mel Explains: COVID-19 Vaccine FAQs

Mel Explains: Youth COVID_19 

Vaccine Clinics - Public Health Sudbury & District

Vaccine Resources - Public Health Sudbury & Districts 

 

**Update from PHSD - November 26, 2021
MEMO TO: All Business and Organizations (Workplaces) within Public Health Sudbury & Districts’ Service Area 
Subject: Strong Recommendations for Additional COVID-19 Protective Measures

 

Call Telehealth Ontario at:

Toll-free: 1-866-797-0000

Toll-free TTY: 1-866-797-0007

Visit the website for updates: https://www.ontario.ca/page/get-medical-advice-telehealth-ontario

 

Innovative Noojmowin Teg program tests elementary fitness

Manitoulin Expositor | by Michael Erskine | April 3, 2019

 

AUNDECK OMNI KANING—The sound of bouncing balls and laughter filled the gymnasium at the Four Directions Complex recently as Noojmowin Teg Health Centre staff could be seen carefully recording data on their clipboards.

“We were doing a series of physical literacy assessments,” explained Nelson Wood, Healthy Living coordinator for Noojmowin Teg. “We invited all of the Manitoulin schools with Grades 4 and 8 First Nations students.”

The goal of the new testing program is to first discover a baseline for physical literacy of the students... Read full article »

Noojmowin Teg Health Centre – Main Office

48 Hillside Rd., Highway 540, Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nation

Postal Bag 2002, Little Current, ON P0P 1K0

Phone: (705) 368-0083 | Confidential Fax: 866-232-6160 | info@noojmowin-teg.ca

Noojmowin Teg Health Centre - Satellite Offices

Centre Espanola – (705) 869-1564

Espanola & Area Family Health Team – (705) 862-7991