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COVID-19 Health Care Provider Briefing Middlesex and London Region May 15, 2020

Welcome Presenter: Dr. Alex Summers Associate Medical Officer of Health Middlesex-London Health Unit

Surveillance Report As of May 14 th , 2020: • Over 4.3 million COVID-19 cases and over 297,000 deaths have been reported worldwide. • 22,516 cases of this illness confirmed in Ontario, including 1,883 deaths • Local:

Number of Cases by Municipality Number of cases Percent of cases Municipality (%) London 427 92.2 Strathroy-Caradoc 19 4.1 Middlesex Centre 7 1.5 Thames Centre 4 0.9 North Middlesex 4 0.9 Southwest Middlesex 1 0.2 Lucan-Biddulph 1 0.2 — Adelaide Metcalfe 0 — Newbury 0 — Total 463 Data source: MLHU COVID-19 Case and Contact Management System, extracted 2020-05-14 at 08:30 EDT. Data current as of the end of day 2020-05-13

Cases by Reported Date Data source : MLHU COVID-19 Case and Contact Management System, extracted 2020-05-14 at 08:30 EDT. Data current as of the end of day 2020-05-13

Cases by Reported Date Data source : MLHU COVID-19 Case and Contact Management System, extracted 2020-05-14 at 08:30 EDT. Data current as of the end of day 2020-05-13

Cases by Onset Date Data source : MLHU COVID-19 Case and Contact Management System, extracted 2020-05-14 at 08:30 EDT. Data current as of the end of day 2020-05-13. Note : Illness that began in the period denoted by the grey bars may not yet be reported.

Cases by Onset Date Data source : MLHU COVID-19 Case and Contact Management System, extracted 2020-05-14 at 08:30 EDT. Data current as of the end of day 2020-05-13 Note : Illness that began in the period denoted by the grey bars may not yet be reported.

Provincial Updates • COVID-19 Case Definition and Reference Documents for Symptoms updated: – The case definition now includes: • consideration for travel within Canada (as well as international travel) • updates to the ‘probable’ case definition to include people who were living/working in a facility known to be experiencing an outbreak. – Addition to the list of symptoms: • multisystem inflammatory vasculitis as an atypical symptom that should be considered in children • The Ministry of Health has also issued a statement about multisystem inflammatory vasculitis, indicating they have taken immediate action by updating the case definition to include multisystem inflammatory vasculitis in order to better monitor this emerging issue, so they can effectively respond to the illness.

Provincial Updates

Provincial Updates Additional workplaces allowed to reopen • permitted to open or expand their services on Tuesday, May 19, 2020 as long as the general trend on health indicators continues to improve o retailers, o seasonal businesses, and o health and community service providers • Detailed List of Stage 1 Openings - https://files.ontario.ca/mof- detailed-list-stage-1-openings-en-2020-05-14.pdf • A Framework for Reopening our Province Stage 1- https://files.ontario.ca/mof-framework-reopening-province-stage-1-en-2020- 05-14.pdf

Provincial Updates The province extended the Declaration of Emergency until June 2 • allows Ontario government to continue to enforce current emergency orders, o restricting retirement and long-term care home employees from working in more than one facility o prohibiting events and gatherings of more than five people • It is important to remember with the reopening of the province it is important to mindful and continue to practice public health social measures

COVID-19 Briefing Webinars • The MLHU is hosting twice weekly briefing webinars for healthcare providers. • Held on Tuesdays and Fridays from 12:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. • Please send your questions to healthcareproviders@mlhu.on.ca

Questions? Ask using chat function now, or after the webinar at: healthcareproviders@mlhu.on.ca