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Brantford, Ont. – The Brant County Health Unit (BCHU) has received its first confirmed influenza case of the season. There were 422 lab confirmed influenza cases in Brantford-Brant in 2022. In Canada, seasonal flu activity typically begins as early as October and can continue as late as May. The symptoms…

BRANTFORD, ON – Mosquitoes collected earlier last week, as part of the surveillance program by the Brant County Health Unit (BCHU), have tested positive for the West Nile virus (WNV). The mosquitoes were collected from a residential neighbourhood in Brantford. This is the first lab confirmed evidence of WNV in Brantford-Brant…

June 7, 2023 BRANTFORD, ON – A special air quality statement has been issued for Brantford-Brant. Poor air quality, with moderate to high-risk Air Quality Health Index (AQHI) values are expected through most of the week locally. AQHI levels have reached the high-risk level and are predicted to be in…

BRANTFORD, ON – The Brant County Health Unit (BCHU) and the BCHU Board of Health have released a letter, in support of opening a Consumption and Treatment Services (CTS) site in Brantford-Brant. Both BCHU, along with the BCHU Board of Health, believe a CTS site would be appropriate and beneficial…

BRANTFORD, ON – The Brantford-Brant Community Drug Strategy has released its 2023 Action Plan. From September through December 2022, the Brantford-Brant Drugs Strategy Coordinating Committee met to identify the community’s most pressing drug-related challenges. The initial Brantford-Brant Community Drugs Strategy was reviewed and the recommendations that should be pursued most urgently were identified. The…

BRANTFORD, ON – The Brant County Health Unit (BCHU) has received lab confirmation of a case of invasive meningococcal disease. The case is currently hospitalized. BCHU’s case and contact management team has notified all individuals considered a high-risk contact to the initial case. There have been no secondary cases or spread…

Brantford, ON – The Brant County Health Unit (BCHU) has received a significant number of positive lab results related to influenza (flu) up to this point in the 2022/23 flu season. Between October 3 and November 6, BCHU received notification of 50 lab confirmed flu cases in Brant residents. By comparison,…

BRANTFORD, ON – The Brant County Health Unit (BCHU) Board of Health (BOH) is pleased to announce the appointment of Brent Richardson to the position of Chief Executive Officer effective immediately. Mr. Richardson has been employed by BCHU since 2017, most recently as Acting Senior Administrator. During his tenure, he has…

Brantford, ON – The Brant County Health Unit (BCHU) has added seven fatal cases to its local case count and removed two previously categorized COVID-19 deaths after conducting a data quality check. These changes bring the current total of COVID-19 fatal cases in Brant to 90. Of the seven fatal cases…

BRANTFORD, ON – Laboratory testing has confirmed rabies in a bat found in the County of Brant. The bat is now deceased. This is the first confirmed case of animal rabies in Brant this year. Rabies is a viral disease that causes severe damage to the brain and spinal cord and, if…