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Barrie mayor reflects on local COVID-19 situation, vaccination progress

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COVID-19 pandemic and amid a devastating third wave, Barrie Mayor Jeff Lehman said there is greater strain on the local health-care system than there was a month ago, although vaccinations are progressing smoothly.“Our hospital does have a much, much higher number of COVID patients than it did a month ago,” Lehman told Global New Thursday.“They’re still OK — they’re not having to transfer patients out to other hospitals in the way that we’re seeing the GTA have to do that, and of course, at RVH, there is the PRU, which is the pandemic response unit … It’s a temporary unit that has 70 beds in it, and those extra beds were set up in the spring to create extra capacity for exactly this situation.” Barrie, Ont., restaurant continues to defy.

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