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BALA, ONT. Chambers of Commerce in Orillia and Muskoka have inundated with calls from business owners eager to get their hands on rapid COVID-19 testing kits. Together, the chambers have secured 100,000 kits for distribution to businesses with under 150 employees. Norah Fountain, Executive Director of the Muskoka Lakes Chamber calls the kits game-changers. It means that you can make your workplaces safer. It s making you safer, your family safer. It s because you can catch infection basically before it starts, Fountain says. The tests are designed to be simple to administer, with swabs only needing to be inserted 2 cm into a nostril for five seconds. Preliminary results are delivered within 15 minutes. ....
The COVID-19 Rapid Screening initiative announced in early May has reached our district. The goal of the program is to identify asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic cases of COVID-19 in the workplace that might otherwise be missed, helping to curb the spread in the workplace, at home and around the community. Through this initiative, chambers of commerce in Bracebridge, Huntsville, Lake of Bays, Muskoka Lakes and Gravenhurst will be distributing free rapid tests for small and medium-sized businesses across Muskoka! You can order your free rapid tests today as long as your business has 150 employees or less. The program is run by the Huntsville/Lake of Bays Chamber of Commerce and the Ontario Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with the Gravenhurst Chamber of Commerce, Bracebridge Chamber of Commerce, Muskoka Lakes Chamber of Commerce and the Ontario and Canadian governments. ....
GRAVENHURST, ONT. The Ontario government pulled the emergency brake putting the province in a shutdown effective Saturday after surging COVID cases - a move that sent a shockwave through the business community in Muskoka. Retailers say mixed messages from the province make matters worse. We constantly hearing the words lockdown and shutdown, and yet the framework has changed and retailers, like myself, are open at 25 per cent capacity, says Judy Terry, Muskoka Bay Clothing. While plans are underway for the tourism season, the president of Muskoka Steamships says one of the region s most iconic tourist attractions, the Segwun, will stay parked. It s just too hard to predict what s going to happen this summer with the restrictions and with occupancy and distancing required, John Miller says. The Segwun just doesn t become viable once we reduce her passenger counts. ....
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