Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — COVID’s spread is widening again with another local case in the north end of the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit’s (SMDHU) reporting area. A woman in Bracebridge is included in today’s shortened list (four) of cases announced by the health unit. And two people previously reported testing positive for […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — With the too often dizzying array of health care options out there, a group of doctors is trying to sort out the mess. And that’s not just COVID testing. They’ve created a website to recruit new patients and doctors and help residents around the Muskoka Lakes find a physician. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — As phones rang off the hook at the Shoppers here today, concerned citizens are getting testy about wider COVID-19 testing and who and where to go to get the fastest swab. A day after Premier Doug Ford was here promising quicker access to coronavirus testing at pharmacies, getting through […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Finally … some good news on the always busy COVID news front that’s keeping your ever-vigilant hyper local media in overdrive theses days. After a couple of positive tests at the Pines last week, latest test results for staff have come back negative at the District of Muskoka retirement […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Just when you thought it was safe …. A staff member at the Bracebridge hospital is the latest local case of COVID-19. Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC) says on its website today the health unit confirmed it. But MAHC did not say if the test was the result of testing […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Good and bad news locally yesterday about COVID testing and results gave way today to more of the former and none of the latter. The health unit is reporting no new cases in Muskoka, Sept. 24 — after 10 were reported the day before as pandemic panic began sweeping […]
GRAVENHURST — As COVID-19 scares ramp up in the wake of 10 new positive tests in Muskoka any closures or signs of cleaners converging on businesses is turning heads. At the Canadian Tire Gas Bar here today the pumps were taped off and men in white haz-mad suits were seen going in and out of […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — Long line-ups for COVID tests could get shorter as the province partners with pharmacies to provide free testing starting Friday. At the Shopper’s Drug Mart in Huntsville today, Premier Doug Ford said Ontario will begin offering testing by appointment only, at 60 pharmacies with further locations coming online in […]