Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health has marked as the first Ontario health unit to offer the H5N1 vaccine.
Avian influenza typically affects wild birds but can also infect poultry, mammals and in some rare cases, humans.
There has only been one reported human case in Canada back in 2024.
In a report at a board of health meeting earlier this month its noted human to human transmission of the H5N1 influenza has not been sustained so targeted vaccination and ongoing surveillance is being recommended for those only at occupational risk.
Currently 29 people have received the Arepanrix H5N1 vaccine, with 2600 doses being distributed across the province.
