TUKTOYAKTUK (February 9, 2023) – The Chief Public Health Officer is advising the community of Tuktoyaktuk of an ongoing outbreak of varicella (chicken pox) involving multiple individuals in different households.
This Advisory is in effect due to concerns regarding transmission of chicken pox to community members who may be vulnerable or at higher risk of severe outcomes if exposed.
INUVIK (December 12, 2022) - The Chief Public Health Officer is advising that anyone who stayed, lived or frequently visited the Nova Inn, 300 MacKenzie Road, Inuvik between August 17, 2022 and November 17, 2022 may have been exposed to Tuberculosis (TB). This Advisory is in effect to inform anyone who may have been exposed to call Inuvik Public Health for advice at 867-678-8088 extension 40655.
The public should be aware of the signs and symptoms of Tuberculosis which includes:
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES (December 2, 2022) – The ongoing detection of carfentanil and fentanyl in other drugs in Hay River has prompted the Chief Public Health Officer to issue a public health advisory regarding the dangers associated with illicit drugs in the Northwest Territories.
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES (November 15, 2022) – The detection of carfentanil in Hay River has prompted the Chief Public Health Officer to issue a public health advisory regarding the dangers associated with illicit drugs in the Northwest Territories.
Carfentanil is one of the most toxic opioids known, with studies showing it is 10,000 times more toxic than morphine, 4,000 times more toxic than heroin, and 100 times more toxic than fentanyl. Reversing carfentanil may require more than one dose of naloxone.
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES (October 25, 2022) – The Chief Public Health Officer (CPHO) is issuing a public health advisory regarding the potential for a severe respiratory virus season in the NWT.
This Advisory is to notify the public that the OCPHO is beginning to see lab confirmed cases of RSV in young children, more severe respiratory presentations and hospitalizations in young children under 5 and the NWT has now seen its first lab confirmed case of influenza.
