Tag: covid19
COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Test Kits Now Available At Health Unit Offices
Rapid antigen test (RAT) kits for COVID-19 are now available to the public for free from the health unit. Test kits can be picked...
Masking Requirement Changes At Muskoka Hospital
Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC) has updated mandatory masking requirements at both hospital sites that have been in place for much of the COVID-19 pandemic...
COVID-19 Services Winding Down At Couchiching OHT Care Clinic At OSMH
After nearly 110,000 tests, and close to 24,000 vaccinations, the Couchiching OHT (Ontario Health Team) Care Clinic at OSMH (Orillia Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital) is...
RVH Closing Its COVID-19 Testing Clinic At 29 Sperling Drive
Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH) is closing the COVID-19 Testing Clinic at 29 Sperling Drive effective April 11.
“The decision to close the clinic...
COVID Booster Recommended For High-Risk Individuals This Spring, Province Says
Based on guidance from Health Canada and the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI), Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health is recommending high-risk individuals receive their...
COVID-19 Vaccinations Continue At 29 Sperling Dr. In Barrie
As of Monday, April 3, operation of the COVID-19 Immunization Clinic at 29 Sperling Dr. in Barrie has transferred to the Simcoe Muskoka District...
RVH Hands Over Immunization Clinic Supervision To Health Unit
After more than two years of operation, Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH) has ended its role as a COVID vaccine provider and turned...
Ontario Updating COVID-19 Measures In Long-Term Care Homes
As Ontario approaches the end of respiratory illness season, the province is updating its COVID-19 measures in long-term care homes in consultation with the...
Boosters Offer Kids 5-11 Years The Best Protection Against COVID, Health...
The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) reminds parents and caregivers that maintaining you child’s COVID-19 immunizations by getting the bivalent booster they are...
Chief Medical Officer Says Ontario Through Worst Of Respiratory Virus Season
Today, Dr. Kieran Moore, Chief Medical Officer of Health, issued the following statement providing an update on the province’s progress responding to this year’s...