Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit unlikely to be split: Dr. Charles Gardner
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In this week’s COVID-19 briefing, Dr. Charles Gardner of the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit says it’s unlikely the District of Muskoka and Simcoe County will split into separate health units.
According to Gardner, the SMDHU’s Board of Health’s formal position is that the health unit’s two regions should stay together. Gardner says he stands by the board’s decision.
“We’ve done well as a health unit, relatively speaking, with regards to COVID-19,” says Gardner. “Our overall case count and mortality count was slightly more than half of the provincial rate on a per-capita basis. We’ve performed well in the provision of vaccination throughout Simcoe-Muskoka.”