The province’s Chief Medical Officer of Health and the Associate Chief Medical Officer of Health are updating the public on the ongoing crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In the latest remarks, Dr. Barbara Yaffe says Ontario has a total of 186 positive cases of confirmed COVID-19 and around 92% of those cases are related to travel or by being in close contact with someone with the illness.
Around 29% of those ill travellers spent time in the United States, with most visiting New York, Colorado, California, Florida, Nevada and Massachusetts.
Yaffe notes over 9,000 cases have come back negative and there are still many cases under review.
Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. David Williams says we need to be proactive and practice good hygiene and social distancing over the next two to four weeks.
There are currently no confirmed COVID-19 cases in Thunder Bay. The Thunder Bay District Health Unit is urging you to self-isolate for 14 days if you have been out of the country. Authorities are also urging you to get your news on COVID-19 from credible news sources and that the Health Unit will be confirming any cases which show up in the district.
The Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre has implemented restrictions as well. Only one person is allowed to visit any patient at any time and that person must be designated by the patient. Everyone entering the hospital is being screened. There is also an assessment centre set up just outside the hospital’s Emergency Department.
Public and Catholic schools in Thunder Bay will be closed until at least April 5th. Confederation College and Lakehead University have suspended classes this week in order to formulate an online learning plan for students.
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