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The presentation will start shortly COVID-19 Health Care Provider - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
The presentation will start shortly COVID-19 Health Care Provider - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
The presentation will start shortly COVID-19 Health Care Provider Briefing Middlesex and London Region June 5, 2020 Welcome Presenter: Dr. Alex Summers Associate Medical Officer of Health Middlesex-London Health Unit @alexsummers4
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Welcome
Presenter:
- Dr. Alex Summers
Associate Medical Officer of Health Middlesex-London Health Unit @alexsummers4
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Surveillance Report
As of June 4th, 2020:
- Over 6.6 million COVID-19 cases and over
391,000 deaths have been reported worldwide.
- 30,946 cases of this illness confirmed in
Ontario, including 2,436 deaths
- Local:
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Number of Cases by Municipality
Data source: MLHU COVID-19 Case and Contact Management System, extracted 2020-06-05 at 08:30 EDT. Data current as
- f the end of day 2020-06-04
Municipality
Number of cases Percent of cases (%)
London 512 93.3 Strathroy-Caradoc 20 3.6 Middlesex Centre 7 1.3 Thames Centre 4 0.7 North Middlesex 4 0.7 Southwest Middlesex 1 0.2 Lucan-Biddulph 1 0.2 Adelaide Metcalfe — Newbury —
Total
549 —
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Cases by Reported Date
Data source: MLHU COVID-19 Case and Contact Management System, extracted 2020-06-05 at 08:30 EDT. Data current as of the end of day 2020-06-04.
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Cases by Onset Date
Data source: MLHU COVID-19 Case and Contact Management System, extracted 2020-06-05 at 08:30 EDT. Data current as of the end of day 2020-06-04 Note: Illness that began in the period denoted by the grey bars may not yet be reported.
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Assessment Centres
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COVID-19 Guidance Document
Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Management
- f Positive Patients in Your Practice
- MLHU created a COVID-19 Management of Positive
Patients In Your Practice guide for healthcare providers
- provides quick instructions you can provide to patients
who test positive for COVID-19
- Information includes: recommendations for self-isolation,
self-care in isolation, recommendations for close contacts, and patient follow-up.
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COVID-19 Guidance Document
Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Management of Positive Patients in Your Practice
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Assessment Centre Hours
- Effective June 8th the Oakridge Arena
Assessment Centre will now be operating from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday to Friday.
- Carling Heights Optimist Community
Centre (CHOCC) Assessment Centre hours
- f operation will remain the same, 11:00
a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Monday to Friday.
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Assessment Centre
Testing is available at all COVID-19 Assessment Centres for anyone who:
- has at least one symptom of COVID-19, even
mild symptom(s)
- is asymptomatic but concerned they may have
been exposed to COVID-19
- is asymptomatic but at risk of exposure to
COVID-19 through their employment
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Emergency Declaration Extended
- Extended to June 30
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Extension of Emergency Orders
- Until June 30th, 2020
- Limit long-term care and retirement home
staff to working at one home
- Prevent unfair pricing of necessary goods
- Limit non-essential gathering to less than 5
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Blacklegged Ticks and Lyme Disease
- Blacklegged ticks, which are capable of
carrying Borrelia Burdoferi and cause Lyme Disease (LD), are found in M-L
- Public Health Ontario has determined that
most of our region is a risk area
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signs!
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Tick submission
- Ticks found on humans can still be
submitted to MLHU or etick.ca for identification
- But now that Middlesex London is
considered a risk area, not all blacklegged ticks will be submitted for further testing
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Black Lives Matter
- Race is a social determinant of health and
racism is a public health issue
- It is a Canadian public health issue, not just
- ne we observe from a distance
- There is a need to take a vocal stand against
racism
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Black Lives Matter - Demonstration
- For those attending the demonstration on
Saturday:
– Maintain a physical distance of 2 meters – Wash hands frequently, – Wear a non-medical mask – Do not attend if ill – Maintain physical distance as much as possible for the two weeks following the demonstration – Monitor for symptoms of COVID-19 – If symptomatic, get tested
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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
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