GREY-BRUCE – With viruses like COVID-19, influenza, and RSV co-circulating in Ontario this fall, the Grey Bruce Health Unit is reminding people that staying home when sick is key to slowing down community transmission of all infectious diseases.
“Regardless of what you are sick with, you should stay home until you are fever-free and feeling better for 24 hours if you’re experiencing respiratory symptoms, or for 48 hours if you have gastrointestinal symptoms,” says Dr. Rim Zayed, physician consultant at the Grey Bruce Health Unit.
The fall flu season is also in full swing in Grey-Bruce after getting off to an early start, with the first confirmed local case being reported in late September.
In the fall and winter, many respiratory viruses are likely circulating in the community.
Some symptoms, such as runny nose, sneezing, sore throat, and headache, may also be features of other non-COVID-19 respiratory infections.
A schedule of local vaccine clinics and information on the flu and influenza vaccine are available at publichealthgreybruce.on.ca.
