PHSD Urges Region to "Aim High and Stay Low"

Public Health Sudbury and Districts is urging the region to "aim high and stay low".

The health unit emphasizes the path out of the province's Step 3 restrictions requires low case counts and high immunization rates: at least 80% of those 12 or older must have one dose, at least 75% two, and every health unit must have a two-dose rate of at least 70%.

The health unit is nearing those marks, reporting 79% have at least one dose and 60.9% have two, but it's launching an area-wide challenge aimed at getting 90% of those twelve and older fully vaccinated, urging those who have yet to get both doses to book appointments.

For Chapleau, 72.1% of residents 12 or older are fully vaccinated, the highest rate for any region covered by the health unit.