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COVID-19

Community Stakeholder Briefing

Middlesex and London Region

May 15, 2020

WelcomePresenter:

Dr. Alex SummersAssociate Medical Officer of Health

Middlesex-London Health Unit

Surveillance ReportAs of May 14th, 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

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

Municipality Number of cases Percent of cases

(%)

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 —

Cases by Reported Date


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


Note: Illness that began in the period denoted by the grey bars may not yet be reported.

Provincial Updates

Provincial UpdatesAdditional 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 UpdatesThe 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

Provincial UpdatesGuidance Documents

• The province has added up to 90 sector-specific guidance documents and posters for workplaces to use as they plan to reopen. The guidelines include information on how to resume safe operations that follow important public health measures

• These documents can be found at https://www.ontario.ca/page/resources-prevent-covid-19-workplace

• Additional resources can be found on the Middlesex-London Health Unit’s COVID-19 Guidance Documents and Resources for Workplaces and Community Settings webpage.

Provincial UpdatesPersonal protective equipment for businesses• The Ontario government has launched a website to provide business

owners with information on personal protective equipment (PPE) suppliers

• The Workplace PPE Supplier Directory has an up-to-date list of Ontario companies and business associations that are ready to supply personal protective equipment.

Contacting MLHU

• Call 519-663-5317

• Monday to Sunday, 8:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.

– Hotline model

• www.healthunit.com

COVID-19 Briefing Webinars

• The MLHU will be hosting twice weekly briefing webinars for community stakeholders.

• Held on Tuesdays and Fridays at 12:30 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.

• Please send your questions to [email protected]

Questions?