If you used a taxi in Sarnia – Lambton Public Health has a message for you.

Lambton Public Health is putting out a call to members of the public after a taxi driver tested positive for COVID-19. Public health is asking anyone who used the service to call the health department. 

Anyone who used Greg’s Taxi service on April 1, 3, 6, 7, 8 and 10 is urged to contact Lambton Public Health at 519-383-8331 so that public health officials can investigate the level of risk for each interaction and offer guidance to members of the public.

The health department is taking steps to work with the company to collect information about its passengers’ trips for the days in question, but not all contact information is available. 

“It is difficult to trace this person’s close contacts because of the nature of the taxi-cab industry, and we know that this taxi driver would have been in a confined space with members of the public while operating the taxi,” said Dr. Sudit Ranade, Medical Officer of Health, County of Lambton in a news release. “These reasons make it imperative that we release these details to the public so that we can speak with anyone who used this service and give them the best guidance possible.” 

Symptoms of COVID-19 range from mild – like the flu and other common respiratory infections – to severe. The most common symptoms include: fever, cough, difficulty breathing, muscle aches, fatigue, headache, sore throat, and runny nose. Find more details at LambtonPublicHealth.ca.