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Simcoe Muskoka children six months to under 5 can get COVID-19 vaccine starting Thursday
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Simcoe Muskoka health unit offering 2nd COVID-19 booster to adults 18 to 59
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Expert advises wearing a mask as COVID-19 cases rise in Simcoe Muskoka
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Regional hospitals to continue mask mandates despite province lifting the mandate
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Simcoe Muskoka's top doctor urges caution as province lifts more mask mandates
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Local medical officers of health pen letter to Ontario's top doctor asking for mask mandates back
Three local medical officers of health have written a joint letter to Ontario's top doctor, asking him to bring back mask mandates in schools and other indoor public settings.
Ontario Liberals pledge to add COVID-19 vaccine to school immunization list
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Nearly half of eligible Toronto residents have now received a fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine
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Ontario youth are more depressed, anxious than pre-pandemic days due to climate change, COVID-19: survey
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Ontario families already bracing for fall COVID-19 wave as some rules extended, others loosen
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Ontario's top doctor says COVID-19 hospital, ICU admissions to peak this week
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