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Get Vaccinated, Follow Precautions for Safe Holiday Season: Warden. A happy holiday season means being vaccinated against COVID-19 and taking the precautions health officials have been promoting throughout the pandemic, Warden Gary McNamara said at Essex County Council’s final meeting of 2021.

As previously announced, adults aged 50 and over (those born in 1971 or earlier) are eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine booster dose in Windsor and Essex County starting today. Third doses will be available at local.

There will be a meeting of Essex County Council on Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at 7:00 PM. As permitted under By-law 2020-16, a By-law to Amend By-law 41-2018, being a by-law to provide rules governing the order and proceedings of the Council of the Corporation of the County of Essex, adopted on March 26, 2020, the meeting will take place remotely, with members of County Council joining via web-conference.

The County of Essex is seeking a full-time clerk/bookkeeper to work in its Finance Department. To apply for this position, please visit our.

Stefanie Willoughby, a nurse who stopped to assist at the scene of a serious accident in November, was presented with a Certificate of Commendation and a Meritorious Service Coin by Essex-Windsor EMS Chief Bruce Krauter this week. The certificate and coin are the eighth to be awarded by the chief in the last six years to EMS staff and members of the public.

The Essex-Windsor Solid Waste Authority is hiring a temporary, full-time Labourer for its Material Recovery Facility in Windsor. To apply for this position, please visit our.

The County of Essex is hiring a Legal and Records Assistant. To apply for this position, please visit our.

Our three Windsor-Essex hospitals, in conjunction with Essex-Windsor EMS and the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit, are cautioning the public about intensifying capacity pressures across the acute care system in our region. Hospitals are reporting significant bed capacity concerns amid not only rising COVID-19 cases but also a recent surge in respiratory ailments.

Essex County Council on Wednesday passed a 2022 Budget that supports regional health by boosting staffing levels at Essex-Windsor Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and Sun Parlor Home, as well as enhancing supportive housing and setting aside funds for the new hospital system. The budget also includes funding for rehabilitating more than 46 kilometres of county roads and expanding the active transportation network.

County Road 31. will be closed between County Road 46 and North Middle Road on December 3, 2021 from 7:30 a. m.