What you want to know about COVID-19 in Ottawa on Thursday, October 1

RECENT EVENTS:

Hospitals in eastern Ontario and Ottawa face a large buildup of surgical procedures that have been postponed or canceled to lose space and amid the pandemic.

One critic says hospitals want more cash from the provinces to eliminate this delay.

More than six months after the pandemic experience, some Ottawa experts say it’s time to focus on what’s coming and offer recommendations on what you, and shouldn’t do, this time.

September ended with 64 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa and two more deaths, crowning a record month: what the city’s medical fitness officer “an alarming increase. “

Dr. Vera Etches suggested that citizens on Wednesday strictly adhere to some close contacts or threaten to let the disease get out of hand.

The Capital’s National Commission has cancelled its annual bus program to and from Gatineau Park to see the colors of autumn, saying it sought to deter crowds in the park.

According to Tuesday’s latest PAHO update, 4,322 Ottawa citizens tested for COVID-19, including 685 known active instances, 3,350 resolved instances, and 287 deaths.

In general, public fitness officials reported more than 6,500 cases of COVID-19 in east Ontario and western Quebec, with more than 5,100 of those cases resolved.

COVID-19 killed 104 more people in Ottawa’s open-air domain: another 52 people died in Leeds, Grenville and Lanark counties, 34 in Ottawa and 18 in other parts of east Ontario.

 

Some public aptitude regulations are canceled due to the time of the pandemic.

In Ottawa and Kingston, Ontario, public fitness officials order with symptoms or close contact with a positive user who is promptly ingested or face a fine of up to $5,000 depending on the day in court.

Kingston has also tightened its remote regulation in city parks and increased fines.

Ottawa will resume issuing fines to drivers who park longer than allowed in un dialed spaces and bring public skating back to five stadiums in the city today.

The McNabb Arena rest center for other homeless people is also closed on Friday and expands facilities at nearby centers.

On Monday, visitors to long-term care homes in Ottawa will be limited to staff, visitors and only one or two caregivers.

OBSERVING The teacher says that other people prepare psychologically for the moment of the wave:

Private and unsaw meetings in Ontario are now limited to 10 other internal persons and 25 other outsiders.

Quebec has imposed stricter restrictions on the province’s “orange zones,” which now come with Ottawa.

The new coronavirus is basically transmitted through droplets when an inflamed user coughs, sneezes, breathes or talks to something.

People may have contagious symptoms.

This means taking precautions such as running from home, keeping your hands and surfaces regularly clean, socializing as much as you can imagine outdoors, and walking away from anyone you don’t live with or don’t have in your social circle. when he’s dressed in a mask.

The Ottawa Health Medical Officer is begging citizens for the number of others they are in close contact with as new instances of COVID-19 continue to increase, and this week he asks citizens to see very few people they do not live with.

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Masks are mandatory in indoor public spaces in east Ontario and Quebec, adding transit and taxis in some areas.

Masks are also outdoors when you can’t keep the proper distance from others.

Anyone who has recently traveled abroad from Canada will have to return home directly and stay there for 14 days.

Most people with a proven case of COVID-19 in Quebec can end their self-deasure after 10 days if they have not had a fever for at least 48 hours and have not had other symptoms for at least 24 hours.

Health Canada recommends that seniors and others with underlying physical disorders and/or a weakened immune formula stay at home as much as possible.

COVID-19 can range from cold-type illness to a serious lung infection, with unusual symptoms such as fever, cough, vomiting and loss of taste or smell.

Less unusual symptoms come with chills, headaches and pink eyes. Children would possibly expand a rash.

Getting tested less than five days after possible exposure may not be helpful because the virus may not yet be detectable, OPH says.

If you have any symptoms, call 911.

Wait times and queues have been long at many control sites in the area, which has led some to succeed in capacity before the final time or even before opening.

There were delays in the processing of tests in the laboratories.

Ontario fitness officials said they were looking to build capacity.

In Ontario:

The Ontario government recommends that you only be tested if you have symptoms or if your physical condition or province has been told due to your work.

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Most tests in Ottawa are conducted at one of 4 permanent sites, with more cellular sites where demand is high.

A check clinic is scheduled to open at the Ray Friel Recreation Complex in Orleans in mid-October.

People who have symptoms, but are part of the province’s selective screening strategy, may make an appointment at some pharmacies in Ottawa.

At the East Ontario Health Office, there are vehicle service centers in Casselman and Limoges and an appointmentless service in Hawkesbury that does not require others to call in advance.

His medical officer says the Casselman center will be relocated to lessen its effect on traffic.

Others in Alexandria, Rockland, Cornwall and Winchester require an appointment.

In Kongston, the city’s control site is now located in Beechgrove Complex, near King Street West and Portsmouth Avenue.

The Napanee Verification Center is open to others who call ahead.

People can arrange a check in Bancroft, Belleville, Picton or Trenton by calling the center. Only Belleville and Trenton operate seven days a week and also offer online bookings.

The Leeds, Grenville and Lanark unit has non-appointment access in Kemptville and Brockville.

There are permanent tests in Smiths Falls and Almonte that require an appointment, as well as an emerging appointment in Perth on Friday.

Renfrew County residents call their family circle physician. Those who do not have access to a family circle doctor can call 1-844-727-6404 for a check or if they have a physical condition issue similar to COVID-19 or not.

People can also stop at the fitness office’s online page to find out where screening clinics will be held during the week.

In Western Quebec:

Ottawa citizens can make an appointment in Gatineau seven days a week in Blvd. St. Raymond or 617 Buckingham Avenue.

They can now calculate the approximate timeout for the Saint-Raymond site.

There are recurring clinics by appointment in communities such as Gracefield, Val-des-Monts and Fort-Coulonge.

They can call 1-877-644-4545 if they have any other questions, adding if the tests without an appointment will be conducted nearby.

Tests are highly recommended for others with symptoms or who have been in contact with someone with symptoms. People without symptoms may also get tested.

First Nations, Inuit and Métis:

Akwesasne showed 14 cases of COVID-19, the maximum of them similar to a rally on an island in July.

It has a COVID-19 cell verification site that can be obtained by appointment only.

Anyone who returns to the network in the Canadian aspect of the outer border that is more than 160 kilometers away, or who has visited Montreal, for non-essential reasons, will have to isolate themselves for 14 days.

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Inuit in Ottawa can also call Akausivik’s Inuit Family Health Team at 613-740-0999 for services, exams, inuktitut or English Monday through Friday.

Residents of Pikwakanagan can make an appointment for a COVID-19 by calling 613-625-2259.

Anyone in Tyendinaga interested in having a can call 613-967-3603 to speak with a nurse.

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