Ottawa medical officer of well being Dr. Vera Etches acquired her first COVID-19 vaccine shot on Tuesday, June 8. (Photograph courtesy: Twitter/VeraEtches)
Ottawa's medical officer of well being will present an replace on the COVID-19 state of affairs within the capital at present, one week after colleges opened to in-person studying and one week earlier than COVID-19 restrictions start to ease.
Dr. Vera Etches will handle a particular Ottawa Board of Well being assembly at 3 p.m. to debate the present state of affairs in Ottawa, and reply questions from board members.
The replace comes because the variety of folks in hospital with COVID-19 associated sicknesses has elevated in Ottawa over the previous week.
Ottawa Public Well being reported 93 folks in Ottawa hospitals with an lively COVID-19 an infection on Sunday, up from 62 hospitalizations on Jan. 16. There are at the moment 14 folks within the intensive care unit with an lively COVID-19 an infection, up from seven folks one week in the past.
Ottawa Public Well being experiences solely hospitalizations amongst Ottawa residents with a hospital intervention for lively COVID-19. To rely as a hospitalization intervention, the hospitalization should contain therapy for an lively COVID-19 an infection or have a hospital keep prolonged due to lively COVID-19.
COVID-19 SITUATION IN SCHOOLS
Dr. Etches will probably be requested in regards to the COVID-19 state of affairs in Ottawa's colleges, one week after college students returned to class for the primary time because the Christmas break.
Ottawa college boards plan to tell dad and mom of COVID-19 circumstances in courses and in colleges, despite the fact that the Ontario authorities suspended obligatory reporting of circumstances. The provincial tips state principals would solely notify the well being unit of a possible outbreak when 30 per cent of scholars and employees are absent.
The Ottawa Catholic College Board and the Conseil des Ecoles Catholiques du Centre-Est have stated they are going to notify dad and mom, guardians and employees after they obtain affirmation of a COVID-19 case within the college.
The CECCE is asking dad and mom and guardians to inform the varsity if a toddler receives a constructive outcome from a PCR or rapid-antigen check, and administration will report the circumstances to courses whereas preserving names confidential.
The Ottawa Catholic College Board has stated if the varsity turns into conscious of a constructive COVID-19 check outcome by way of a speedy antigen or PCR check, households can be notified.
The Ottawa Carleton District College Board is organising a voluntary COVID-19 reporting course of for folks, college students and employees to share details about circumstances. A brand new COVID-19 Disclosure Dashboard will share info on COVID-19 circumstances in colleges primarily based on the knowledge voluntarily shared by dad and mom and guardians.
Beginning at present, all college boards should report college absences, monitoring what number of college students and employees are bodily current in a faculty on a given day.
Info can be posted on the Ontario authorities's web site.
RESTRICTIONS EASING
Ontario has unveiled a three-step plan to ease COVID-19 restrictions within the province.
Beginning Jan. 31, indoor eating at eating places, gyms, retailers, purchasing malls and cinemas can reopen at 50 per cent capability. Spectators at sporting occasions, live performance venues and theatres is capped at 50 per cent seated capability or 500 folks, whichever is much less.
On Feb. 21, Ontario will take away capability limits in indoor settings the place proof of vaccination is required, together with eating places, indoor sports activities amenities and cinemas.
As of March 14, all capability limits in indoor public settings can be lifted, however proof of vaccination necessities will nonetheless be in impact.
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