Media Releases

Kingston  —Today, due to inclement weather and the safety of our staff, volunteers, and the public, KFL&A Public Health has cancelled all scheduled COVID-19 vaccination clinics at Portsmouth Olympic Harbour, Cataraqui Centre, and Selby Community Hall. Any individuals that had an appointment today may walk into any of the agency’s clinic sites during the rest of the week to get their vaccination or rebook their appointment through the  website .
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Kingston — KFL&A Public Health is issuing a Cold Weather Health Warning for the KFL&A region starting this evening until Sunday morning. Environment Canada calling for temperatures to drop rapidly through the day today, resulting in wind chill values of -30°C this evening and then near -35oC tonight into early Saturday morning. Extreme wind chill values will ease to -30°C Saturday night into Sunday morning. Cold Weather Health Warnings are issued through...
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Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington, Hastings, and Prince Edward Counties—The Medical Officers of Health from Hastings Prince Edward Public Health (HPEPH) and Kingston, Frontenac, and Lennox & Addington Public Health (KFL&APH) have released a joint statement regarding the upcoming return to in-person learning for students and educators across the region.
To all students, school families, education, and school transportation staff:
As we enter yet...
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Kingston, ON  – Today, marks one year since the first COVID-19 vaccination was administered in the KFL&A region. With the tremendous support of multiple stakeholders and partners working together to administer vaccines, KFL&A Public Health is thrilled and grateful to share that over 90 per cent of 5 years and over have received a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. In total, the number of vaccines administered in the region has surpassed 477,000 doses.
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Today, Hastings Prince Edward Public Health and Kingston, Frontenac, and Lennox & Addington Public Health have updated the information reported on their respective COVID-19 Dashboards, in response to recent changes in COVID-19 testing eligibility. 
As announced in late December, the Ontario government has made significant changes to the eligibility for publicly funded Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) testing , in order to ensure testing is available for individuals...
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