A COVID-19 immunization clinic is being opened in Barrie.
The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) says the vaccine will be administered at the location to priority individuals pending its arrival. SMDHU says it will “soon” to distributed to the region.
The following are listed by the Health Unit as priority individuals:
Residents, staff, essential caregivers, and other employees of congregate living settings such as long-term care homes and retirement homes that provide care for seniors as they are at higher risk of infection and serious illness from COVID-19.
Health care workers, including hospital employees, other staff who work or study in hospitals, and other health care personnel.
TORONTO The Ontario government has updated its list of where each of the province s 34 public health units is placed in its colour-coded COVID-19 framework. The tiered system, which was originally announced on Nov. 3, outlines the criteria for when to impose stricter public health measures, including and closure of non-essential businesses. The five categories include prevent (green), protect (yellow), restrict (orange), control (red) and lockdown (grey).
BARRIE, ONT. Markdale-based Chapman s Ice Cream will play a significant role in the storage of the COVID-19 vaccine. Special subzero freezers are needed to store the Pfizer doses, so Chapman s offered to help. We hooked up with one supplier who had two low temperature -80C units left, and we said ok, we will buy them both, said vice president Ashley Chapman, who said he then notified the Grey Bruce Health Unit the freezers were on the way. The main point is that we want to help in any way we can. Chapman said the company has been part of the pandemic relief plan for the area for over three decades and has been working with local medical experts throughout the pandemic.
BARRIE, ONT. The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit reports the region s fifth virus-related death in just seven days, bringing the COVID-19 death toll to 58. The health unit listed 58 new COVID-19 cases Thursday, with 15 of those in the hospital. Most of the cases recorded in the last 24 hours remain in the region s top three hotspots, Barrie, Bradford, and New Tecumseth. Two are reported in Muskoka. The health unit also lists 10 institutional outbreaks across the region, eight of which are seniors homes. Georgian Bay General Hospital in Midland is battling a stubborn outbreak that claimed two lives. The hospital currently has 10 patients infected, plus one visitor who was a high-risk contact of a COVID-19 patient.
A second person has died from COVID-19 in Muskoka.
The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) reports a man between the ages of 35 and 44 died in a hospital in Muskoka. More details were not provided.
The new cases are:
Male in Huntsville between the ages of 45-64. The cause is still under investigation.
It’s the 35th case in Huntsville and 24th in Gravenhurst.
It puts the active case count in Muskoka at 10.
There have been a total of 113 cases in Muskoka with 101 people recovering and two dying.
SMDHU has reported 37 new cases in Simcoe on Tuesday. That brings the total in the region to 2,627 with 2,176 people recovering and 54 dying.