{"id":126375,"date":"2022-11-23T08:23:01","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T13:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/rwddev\/?p=126375"},"modified":"2022-11-23T08:28:33","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T13:28:33","slug":"covid-outbreak-claims-two-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/covid-outbreak-claims-two-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID outbreak claims two lives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC), in collaboration with the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit, has confirmed a COVID outbreak within four inpatient rooms on the Medical\/Surgical unit at the South Muskoka Memorial Hospital (SMMH) site is now over but not without sad consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The outbreak lasted 10 days, and through outbreak management protocols including testing, four patient cases and one staff case were attributed to the outbreak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSadly, two patients died and we offer our condolences to the family and friends affected by the loss of their loved one,\u201d says Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare president &amp; CEO Cheryl Harrison. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the upcoming holiday season around the corner, she asked people to take precautions. \u201cWith the holidays nearing, please consider using more layers of protection when out in public, including masking and maintaining physical distance indoors to stay safe and well. Vaccination also continues to be strongly recommended as an added layer to protect against severe illness,\u201d she noted in a press release issued by the organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are currently no units in outbreak mode at either of MAHC\u2019s sites.<\/p>\n\n\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a> to receive our email digest with links to our most recent stories.<br \/>\nLocal news in your inbox so you don&#8217;t miss anything!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"background: #5cb85c url('https:\/\/d1iczxrky3cnb2.cloudfront.net\/red_logo.png') no-repeat 37px; color: #fff; text-decoration: none; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; padding: 15px 38px; padding-left: 75px; -webkit-border-radius: 2px; -moz-border-radius: 2px; border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #1f5a89; text-shadow: 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);\" href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/support-huntsville-doppler\">Click here to support local news<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC), in collaboration with the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit, has confirmed a COVID outbreak within four inpatient rooms on the Medical\/Surgical unit at the South Muskoka [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1904,"featured_media":126382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-126375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - 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