Tag: covid19
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...
COVID-19 Outbreak Confirmed Over At South Muskoka Hospital
Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC), in collaboration with the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit, has confirmed a COVID outbreak impacting the Medical/Surgical unit at the...
Local COVID-19 Community Risk Level Moves From Moderate To High
As of Thursday, December 8, 2022, the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) has moved the region’s current overall COVID-19 Community Risk Level from...
South Georgian Bay COVID-19, Cold, Flu And Respiratory Care Clinic Appointments...
With increasing respiratory illness in our region, the South Georgian Bay Ontario Health Team (SGB OHT) is opening the South Georgian Bay COVID-19, Cold, Flu and Respiratory...
COVID-19 Outbreaks Declared On Mental Health Services In-Patient And Integrated Medicine...
Orillia Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital (OSMH), in consultation with the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit, (SMDHU), has confirmed today COVID-19 outbreaks on both its Integrated...
Ontario’s Doctors Support Medical Officer’s Call To Wear Masks
Ontario's doctors support the chief medical officer of health's recommendation today that people wear masks in public indoor settings to help stop the surge...
South Muskoka Hospital Managing COVID Outbreak On Medical/Surgical Beds
In collaboration with the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit, a COVID outbreak has been declared at the South Muskoka Memorial Hospital (SMMH) Site, impacting...
The Future Of COVID-19 Surveillance Is Happening At Toronto Pearson
A new report from the Innovation Economy Council titled "From Gateways to Sentinels: How airports can use detection to control infection," is shining a light...
