• This may be a worrying time for you and your family. Here are resources to help you better understand the course of a COVID-19 infection and when to seek help. You can expect to receive a call from Public Health. While you wait for a call, please make a list of your recent and close contacts and refer to Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit Website for more information. Some patients with specific risk factors, and a positive diagnosis of COVID-19, may be enrolled in our COVID-19 Home Monitoring Program. Your Doctor or Nurse Practitioner will tell you more about this program if it is appropriate to you.
  

  Even if you are considered low risk with only mild symptoms, tracking your symptoms is important!

Click on this link to access the Simcoe Muskoka Public Health Unit’s website for information on local options  –> “Getting Your Vaccination“

• COVID-19: SMDHU Supplemental Guidance Document For School Settings
• My child did not pass the COVID-19 daily screening. Now what? (includes return to school guidelines for students) – Revised October 5, 2020
• When COVID-19 symptoms develop at school or child care – Revised October 5, 2020
• School Protocol when Students, Staff or Visitors tests positive for COVID-19 – Revised October 5, 2020
• School Protocol When COVID-19 Outbreak is Declared – Revised October 5, 2020
• Return to School Protocol for Staff with COVID-19 Symptoms – Revised October 5, 2020
• Return to school attestation form – NEW: the health unit recommends that schools request that families, and staff/visitors complete this attestation form to support a safe return to school.
• The above resources have also been posted to the SMDHU website at www.simcoemuskokahealth.org/Topics/COVID-19/Return-to-School for Administrators/Educators, families and health care partners. We encourage you to visit these pages often, as this information will be continually updated to reflect changes in provincial direction and our local context.