COVID, Cold, and Flu Care Clinics

The Niagara region’s five COVID, Cold, and Flu Care Clinics (CCFCCs) will permanently close their doors on Friday, March 31, 2023. Visit volumes have reached a point where clinics are no longer required to remain open.

Despite the closure of the CCFCCs, respiratory illnesses and COVID-19 remain present in the community. After March 31, 2023, the NOHT-ÉSON recommends people who have COVID-19 or symptoms of a respiratory illness do the following:

• Call your pharmacy or locate the nearest pharmacy that provides COVID-19 testing
• Contact your family doctor or nurse practitioner
• Call 811 or visit ontario.ca/health811 for more information about testing, assessment, and treatment
• Consult https://www.ontario.ca/assessment-centre-locations for an assessment centre near you

If you think you have COVID-19, seek treatment and don’t delay. You will need to start treatment within five days of the start of symptoms.

If you or your child have severe symptoms, call 911 or go to the emergency department.

For adults, severe symptoms include:

• Shortness of breath
• Chest pain
• Loss of consciousness
• Confusion

For children, severe symptoms include:

• Working hard or straining to breathe – for example, the lower chest is moving in more than normal when the child breathes, the child is grunting, or the child’s nostrils are flaring
• Bluish skin
• Unable to breastfeed or drink
• Very sleepy or difficult to wake
• Peeing less than usual
• Fever with rash
• Seizures or convulsions
• Fever in an infant younger than three months

If you are worried your child is seriously ill, call 911 or go to the emergency department.