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During heavy smoke conditions, everyone’s health is at risk regardless of their age or health status.

Limit time outdoors. Reschedule or cancel outdoor sports, activities and events.

You may experience mild and common symptoms such as eye, nose and throat irritation, headaches or a mild cough. More serious but less common symptoms include wheezing, chest pains or severe cough. If you think you are having a medical emergency, seek immediate medical assistance.

People more likely to be impacted by wildfire smoke, including people aged 65 and older, pregnant people, infants and young children, people with an existing illness or chronic health condition, and people who work outdoors, should avoid strenuous activities outdoors and seek medical attention if experiencing symptoms.

For further information visit the website https://www.airqualityontario.com/ or contact the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks at 416-314-6666.

Visit http://www.airhealth.ca for information on how to reduce your health risk and your personal contribution to pollution levels, as well as for current and forecast AQHI values.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada.

Expect a day of partly cloudy with clear spells

You can expect partly cloudy in the morning, with rain in the afternoon

The number of active COVID-19 infections in Sarnia-Lambton has dropped after a spike in the number of resolved cases.
<a href="https://lambtonpublichealth.ca/2019-novel-coronavirus/">Lambton Public Health</a> Tuesday reported six new confirmed cases up to 3,839 and 13 resolved cases for a total of 3,712, lowering the active case count by seven to 57.
The health unit is reporting three active <a href="https://lambtonpublichealth.ca/2019-novel-coronavirus/summary-of-covid-19-cases-in-lambton-county/">outbreaks</a>.
The <a href="https://www.lkdsb.net/Board/Community/PublicHealth/COVID-19Advisory/Pages/default.aspx#/=">Lambton Kent District School Board</a> and <a href="https://www.st-clair.net/covid-19-advisory.aspx">St. Clair Catholic District School Board</a>, are reporting confirmed student or staff cases at a total of 12 Sarnia-Lambton schools.
<a href="https://www.bluewaterhealth.ca/covid-19-novel-coronavirus-information-frequently-asked-questions">Bluewater Health</a> has zero COVID-positive patients in hospital.

COVID-19. trend graph courtesy of Lambton Public Health website. 

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Active COVID infections drop below 60

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