Public Health Grey Bruce says two Community Recovery Centres have been set up, one at the Davidson Centre in Kincardine and the second at the P&H Centre in Hanover.
They say the centres are on stand-by and will only be operational as required.
If warranted, a third site may be established at a place to be determined by local needs.
The 50 bed centres are designed to lessen the burden on local hospitals during the COVID-19 outbreak.
According to Public Health, the centres are not designed for critical or high-level care. They're meant to provide additional patient support which could include non-critical overflow patients who may be returning to long-term care or retirement facilities.
The Health Unit says the two centres are the result of a partnership among Grey and Bruce Counties, the Town of Hanover, the Municipality of Kincardine, the Grey Bruce Health Unit, with the help of local political leaders – Bruce Grey Owen Sound MPP Bill Walker and Huron Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson, and with funding, logistics, planning, and support from Bruce Power.
Dr. Neal Stretch provided technical support for the project with his extensive experience with setting up field hospitals.
They're thanking the Lucknow Kinsmen Club and the Lucknow Music in the Fields Committee who assembled the panels at both facilities and also Canadian Tire, Kincardine; Rona, Kincardine; Sleep Bed Gallery, Kincardine; Ideal Supply, Listowel; Trusscore, Palmerston; Bluewater Sanitation, Tiverton; Wayne’s Electric, Hanover; Linen Plus, Alberta; and, Walton Medical.