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COVID-19
Health Care Provider
      Briefing
Middlesex and London Region
       March 16, 2021

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

         @alexsummers4

Surveillance Report
As of March 15th 2020:
• Over 119.7 million COVID-19 cases and over 2.65 million deaths
  have been reported worldwide.
• 320,448 cases of this illness confirmed in Ontario, including 7,173
  deaths
• Local:

    Data source: Ontario Ministry of Health (Ministry) Public Health Case and Contact Management Solution (CCM), extracted 2021-
    03-16. Data current as of the end of day 2021-03-15

Cases by Reported Date

Data source: Ontario Ministry of Health (Ministry) Public Health Case and Contact Management Solution (CCM), extracted 2021-03-16. Data current as of
the end of day 2021-03-15

Cases by Onset Date

Data source: Ontario Ministry of Health (Ministry) Public Health Case and Contact Management Solution (CCM), extracted 2021-03-16. Data current as of
the end of day 2021-03-15

Outbreaks
Outbreaks:
(as of March 11,2021)
    – 6 outbreaks active in long-term care/retirement homes
    – 1 outbreak in LHSC-University Hospital

Schools/Child Care/Postsecondary in Outbreak:
       •   Bonaventure Meadows Public School
       •   Wilberforce Public School
       •   Sir Arthur Carty Catholic School
       •   St Mark Catholic School
       •   Essex Student Residence Hall at Western

COVID-19 Vaccination Update

•   The Ontario government is preparing to move into Phase Two of its
    COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan in April
•   Continuing to focus on vaccinating populations based on age and risk
•   The Province has not indicated a specific date for the announcement of
    Phase Two.

Vaccine Eligibility Web Page

www.healthunit.com/covid-19-vaccine-eligibility

COVID-19 Vaccine Eligibility
As of March 10, the following are newly eligible
▪ Adults 16 years of age and older who are chronic home care
  recipients
    ▪ Eligible chronic home care recipients will be contacted by
      their home care provider to make an appointment
▪ Laboratory services

o Adults 80 years of age and older.
       ▪ NOTE: Those born in 1941 or before, are eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine
         including those turning 80 years old in 2021.

COVID-19 Vaccine Eligibility
▪ Frontline healthcare workers in the following outpatient and ambulatory
  areas:
    • Hospital-based outpatient clinics,
    • Primary care, including walk-in clinics, community health centres, and nurse-
      practitioner-led clinics,
    • Home and community care,
    • Adult day programs for seniors,
    • Community-Based Specialty clinics, including medical and surgical specialties,
    • Death investigation professionals,
    • Dentistry,
    • Gynecology/obstetrics, midwifery, and birth centres,
    • Contract nursing agencies,
    • Pharmacies,
    • Assisted living, group homes, residential facilities, supportive housing
    • Correctional settings,
    • Hospices and palliative care settings, and
    • Shelters

Remember to
pre-register!

Healthcare Worker Pre-registration
What to expect,
•   You will get a message “Your responses were submitted” after you hit
    ‘submit’ on the pre-registration survey – this is your confirmation
•   When your organization becomes eligible, you will get an email from MLHU
    giving you an username and password
•   NOTE: You may qualify for eligibility, but your organization may not get the
    email for 2-3 days
•   Please be patient - there are priorities within your eligibility grouping
•   If you missed a member of your organization on the original list, submit
    another list with just the new members on it
      • They won’t be able to book a vaccine until they get a confirmation email.
•   As of today, over 1157 organizations have submitted pre-registration lists of
    over 16,000 healthcare workers to MLHU

Vaccine Booking
•   Follow the links to book a COVID-19 vaccine appointment, and to download
    the COVID-19 vaccine consent form.
•   Reminder: Individuals should only proceed to the entrance of the vaccination
    clinic 10 minutes before a scheduled appointment.
•   Link in the newsletter for information on what to expect at a COVID-19
    vaccine appointment

COVID-19 vaccines in select
pharmacies and primary care settings
o As of March 12, over 325 pharmacy sites will offer the
  AstraZeneca/COVISHIELD COVID-19 vaccine to Ontarians 60-
  64 in Toronto, Windsor-Essex, Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox
  and Addington.
o The province is working with primary care professionals in
  Hamilton, Toronto, Guelph, Peterborough, Simcoe-Muskoka,
  and Peel to offer the AstraZeneca/COVISHIELD COVID-19
  vaccine to those aged 60-64.
o Not yet happening in our region. When further information
  becomes available, we will provide updates

COVID-19 Projections
• Ontario’s COVID-19 Science and Advisory Table released
  updated projections demonstrating the continued
  decrease in COVID-19 cases and deaths following
  widespread vaccination in long-term care.
• They caution public health measures must continue to be
  followed in order to avoid an increased risk of COVID-19
  cases spreading, especially with VOCs.

COVID-19 Vaccine – Delayed Injection
       Site Reactions (PHAC)

COVID-19 Vaccine and Primary
        Care - Update
• COVaxON training
  – Provincial po
• Distribution and administration
  – Potentially Moderna, definitely AZ
• Patients who are homebound
  – Working with the LHIN at the moment; aware
    not all homebound patients receive homecare
• Patients with chronic conditions

COVaxON Training
https://www.ontariomd.ca/pages/covaxon-training-for-primary-care-practices.aspx

Vaccine Town Hall
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZckcu6urTwpGdY1Rev-
                      2cjzle_wwP1XiBlG

Questions?
• Ask using chat function now, or after the webinar at:
  healthcareproviders@mlhu.on.ca
• For urgent matters please call the Health Unit’s main line at
  519-663-5317.
• For more information www.healthunit.com/healthcare-
  providers