618 Windsor-Essex students suspended for incomplete vaccinations
The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit has suspended 618 secondary school students for not having complete immunization records. This follows a deadline of March 13 for high school students to update their records. Currently, 129 elementary students are also suspended for similar reasons, with a previous deadline of February 27. The number of students with incomplete records has decreased significantly since February 24. About 97 percent of high school students in the area now have complete vaccination records. The health unit began reviewing over 20,000 high school immunization records in fall 2024.