The public health unit in Windsor, Ont., says it has suspended more than 1,500 high school students due to outdated vaccination records.
The Windsor-Essex Health Unit says it is holding clinics throughout the week for routine vaccinations and students can return to school once their records are updated.
Students or their guardians can submit updated records in person at the health unit offices or ask their primary health care providers to fax them.
The suspensions come after the health unit issued advisories to nearly 8,000 students in August, urging them to update their records by Monday or face a suspension of up to 20 days.
Ontario’s Immunization of Students Act requires students to be immunized against specific diseases, including poliomyelitis, measles, tetanus, mumps and diphtheria, to attend school, with some exemptions for religious or medical reasons.
Health units across the province have said routine immunizations — and related public health record keeping — have lagged due to two years of disruptions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. 19 and that units have held clinics to help students catch up.
This report from The Canadian Press was first published on September 14, 2022.
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