Health Care Facility Outbreaks

When a higher-than-average number of people who live and work in a health care facility are sick with similar symptoms. Visitors entering may be at risk of getting sick or taking the illness home to others.

Current outbreaks

Outbreak listings are updated daily from Monday to Friday.

If you are visiting a facility during an outbreak, consider taking certain precautions.

Review outbreak inspection results for facilities.

Facility / Unit Declared Modified Organism Type
Henley House, The
20 Ernest St., St. Catharines
905-937-9703

Morningstar
May 12, 2025 May 16, 2025
Organism Identified;#
Human Coronaviruses
Note: This is not the Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)
Respiratory
Woodlands of Sunset , The
920 Pelham St., Welland
905-892-3845

Entire Facility
May 12, 2025
Human Metapneumovirus Respiratory
NHS - WCGS - ECU-ILTC
65 Third St., Welland
905-732-6111

ECU East/West
May 5, 2025
Human Metapneumovirus Respiratory

Prevent the spread of infection

Niagara Region Public Health works with facilities and provide infection prevention and control best practices to manage outbreaks.

Watch the COVID-19 in Niagara outbreak management video.

For more information, call 905-688-8248 ext. 7590 or 1-888-505-6074 (Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.).

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