900 more Ottawa students suspended over immunization records
900 students suspended for 20 days in December due to out-of-date records
Ottawa Public Health has suspended another 900 students — from 75 schools in both the Ottawa Catholic School Board and the Conseil des écoles publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario — over out-of-date immunization records.
The agency had already issued the first round of 20-day suspensions, under the authority of the Immunization of School Pupils Act, to 900 Ottawa Catholic School Board elementary students at 40 different schools just before the holiday break on December 15.
Since then, about 82 per cent of those students have provided proof of updated records, leaving about 160 students still under suspension, the agency said.
Suspensions can also be lifted when a valid exemption is provided.
Parents can contact Ottawa Public Health:
- Online at www.parentinginOttawa.ca/Immunization
- By fax at 613-580-9660
- By phone at 613-580-6744 or TTY: 613-580-9656
- Through the ImmunizeCA App:appottawa.immunize.ca
- By mail at Immunization Program, 100 Constellation Drive, 7th floor West, Mail Code 26-44, Ottawa, ON, K2G 6J8
Ottawa Public Health is also offering catch-up clinics by appointment. For more information, call 613-580-6744.
The agency began an automated calling campaign in July after a review found that 63,000 records were out of date.