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COVID-19
Health Care Provider
      Briefing
Middlesex and London Region
      February 15, 2022

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

       @alexsummers4

Surveillance Report
As of February 14th :
• Worldwide:
      • Over 410.5 million COVID-19 cases and over 5.8 million deaths have been
        reported
      • Over 10.2 billion vaccine doses administered worldwide
• In Ontario:
      • 1,076,078 cases of this illness confirmed, including 12,120 deaths
• Locally:

Data source: Ontario Ministry of Health (Ministry) Public Health Case and Contact Management Solution (CCM), extracted
2022-02-15. Data current as of the end of day 2022-02-14.

Cases by Reported Date

Data source: Ontario Ministry of Health (Ministry) Public Health Case and Contact Management Solution (CCM), extracted
2022-02-15. Data current as of the end of day 2022-02-14

Ontario reopening plan
                      February 17
• Increasing social gathering limits to 50 people indoors and 100 people
  outdoors
• Increasing organized public event limits to 50 people indoors, with no limit
  outdoors
• Removing capacity limits in the following indoor public settings where
  proof of vaccination is required, including but not limited to:
    •   Restaurants, bars and other food or drink establishments without dance facilities
    •   Non-spectator areas of sports and recreational fitness facilities, including gyms
    •   Cinemas
    •   Meeting and event spaces, including conference centres or convention centres
    •   Casinos, bingo halls and other gaming establishments
    •   Indoor areas of settings that choose to opt-in to proof of vaccination requirements.

Ontario reopening plan
                   February 17
• Allowing 50% of the usual seating capacity at sports arenas, concerts, and
  theatres
• Increasing indoor capacity limits to 25% in the remaining higher-risk
  settings where proof of vaccination is required, including nightclubs,
  restaurants where there is dancing, as well as bathhouses and sex clubs
• Increasing capacity limits for indoor weddings, funerals or religious
  services, rites, or ceremonies to the number of people who can maintain
  two metres physical distance
• Capacity limits in other indoor public settings, such as grocery stores,
  pharmacies, retail and shopping malls, will be maintained at, or increased
  to, the number of people who can maintain two metres physical distance

Ontario reopening plan
                  March 1
• If indicators continue to improve:
   o Lifting capacity limits in all remaining indoor public
     settings
   o Lift proof of vaccination requirements for all settings
   o Masking will remain in place
   o Local public health units can deploy local and regional
     responses

Resumption of surgeries and
                procedures
• Directive #2 revoked, indicating a gradual resumption of non-urgent and
  non-emergent surgeries and procedures
• Continuing steady declines being seen in COVID-19-related
  hospitalizations and ICU admissions
• Many organizations being able to meet the demand from a staffing point
  of view
• Operational guidance from Ontario Health will enable re-start of non-
  emergent and non-urgent surgeries in public hospitals

Access to free rapid testing kits
• Province is making 44 million free rapid tests available to the
  public over the next two months
• Ontario will be distributing 5 million rapid tests each week for
  the next eight weeks through pharmacy and grocery store
  locations across the province
• Additionally, 500,000 per week through community partners
  working with vulnerable communities
• Distribution will be limited to one box of five tests per
  household, per visit.

COVID-19 Vaccine Update

Data source: Ontario Ministry of Health (Ministry) Public Health Case and Contact Management Solution
(CCM), extracted 2022-02-15. Data current as of the end of day 2022-02-14
.

COVID-19 Vaccine Coverage by age group

Data source: Ontario Ministry of Health (Ministry) Public Health Case and Contact Management Solution (CCM), extracted 2022-02-15. Data
current as of the end of day 2022-02-14

Booster doses for 12-17 year olds
• Adolescents with an underlying medical condition currently
  eligible for a 3rd dose 3 months after their second dose
• Eligibility is expanding to all youth aged 12-17 starting on
  Friday, February 18th
• Doses are to be booked 6 months (168 days) after a second
  dose
• Individuals must be 12 years old at the time of their
  appointment

Pfizer and Moderna vaccines
             available at all clinics
• Pfizer-BioNTech Comirnaty and Moderna Spikevax vaccines available at all
  MLHU mass vaccination clinics
• Anyone who visits a mass vaccination clinic will be able to receive the
  mRNA vaccine of their choice.
• The Pfizer Cormirnaty vaccine will be available at all pop-up vaccination
  clinics hosted by the Middlesex-London Paramedic Service or at any of the
  MLHU’s Community Hub COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic in Schools

COVID-19 Mass Vaccination Clinics
• Walk-ins welcome at all MLHU mass vaccination clinic locations.
  Walk-in up to 1 hour before close.
• Agriplex is moving to Wednesday to Sunday operations starting
  March 2nd, with hours staying the same.

COVID-19 Vaccine Mobile & Pop-up Clinics
• Continue to work on a targeted approach to make the
  vaccine available in communities with lower uptake.
• Community HUB COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics in Schools:
  second mobile team added, starting next week. There
  will be 20 clinics supported by mobile teams in the next
  two weeks.
• Walk-in, no appointment or health card required at any
  of the school-based clinics.
• For a complete list of locations and times, visit MLHU’s
  website: www.healthunit.com/pop-up-vaccination-clinics.

Other Vaccination Efforts
• Homebound third doses program began on February
  10th
• Superhero Family Day at the Agriplex and Earl Nichols
  happening February 21st

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