“The 2023-2024 season is expected to be similar to that of last year. is already seeing an increase in COVID-19 activity and outbreaks in the community,” wrote Dr.
Vera Etches, Ottawa’s medical officer of health, in a report that is to go Monday to the city’s board of health.“Ottawa will once again see early circulation and peaking of influenza and RSV, along with an ongoing burden of COVID-19 in the community,” says the report, which details ’s 2023-2024 Respiratory Season Preparedness Plan.
In the fall of 2022, tests in hospitals and outbreak settings tallied 11,439 Ottawa residents with COVID-19 and 913 with the flu. Older adults had the highest rates of COVID-19, while influenza and RSV rates were highest in infants and young children, as CHEO experienced “an unprecedented surge” in emergency department visits and admissions.
At community clinics, after-school clinics and neighbourhood health and wellness hubs, will be offering flu and COVID-19 shots to young children, their household members, newcomers and people with OHIP. Later this month, Ontario’s Ministry of Health is expected to release its timeline for this fall’s COVID-19 booster program.
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