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Health unit issues COVID-19 exposure notice for Vets Cab

In an alert issued Tuesday, the health unit said anyone who used a Vets Cab taxi between April 16 and April 20 should monitor themselves for symptoms of COVID-19 for 14 days from the date of exposure.

Health unit did not specify the cab number

A blue and yellow cab drives down the street.
Vets Cab is one of the companies listed to help drive people to vaccine appointments for free. The company began offering the service last week. (Jacob Barker/CBC)

The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit is warning the public of a possible COVID-19 exposure in a Vets Cab.

In an alert issued Tuesday, the health unit said anyone who used a Vets Cab taxi between April 16 and April 20 should monitor themselves for symptoms of COVID-19 for 14 days from the date of exposure.

The health unit did not include a specific cab number in its news release.

Vets Cab is one of the services being used by the Windsor-Essex Regional Chamber of Commerce to offer free taxi rides for people living in hot spot postal codes in the region who need to get to a vaccine site.

The company began offering the service on April 19.