詹嘉禮市議員：COVID-19每日更新 – 2020年4月16日
參與「向前線工作人員致謝」車隊
我誠邀各位居民於明天一起到慈恩醫院向一眾不辭勞苦的前線工人致以謝意。屆時請攜帶氣球和感謝標語，並沿途並加入醫院外的車隊。
時間: 今天2020年4月17日(星期五)，下午3時正
地點: 士嘉堡慈恩醫院 3030 Birchmount Road, Scarborough, ON
車隊路線:
• 經Birchmount Road 向南行駛，Birchmount Road北行方向車輛將不准左轉
• 經醫院北面第一個入口右轉入醫院範圍內
• 圍繞醫院行車
• 左醫院出口右轉至Birchmount Road離開醫院範圍– 請勿左轉
下午見！
多倫多市COVID19確診病例
• 累計2,881宗確診病例
• 本日新增211宗確診病例
• 現時需住院病例為230宗，其中88人需在重症監護病房留醫
• 累計121宗死亡病例
詳情請看：多倫多公共衛生局
多倫多市府
• 如您持有使用公園設施的許可證，請參閱隨件的<<社區休憩信函>>。內容提及抗疫措施對2020年3月14日至6月28日期間的許可證的影響。詳情請瀏覽: 點擊這裡
• 多倫多市將於4月20日至5月1日的兩周內繼續收集私人庭園廢物。如想查詢有關在COVID-19疫情期間市政府的服務變更，請參閱以下網頁: 點擊這裡
O 居民需在指定垃圾收集日的上午7:00前將庭園廢物放在慣常的垃圾收集點。
O 若垃圾在當天未能被收集，市民請將垃圾留在屋外直至被取去為止。期間無需致電311通知市政府。
• 市政府宣佈擴大名為Digital Main Street 的計劃。計劃將協助本地企業建立或擴展其在線服務。
· 本地企業可於digitalmainstreet.ca/Toronto 完成Digital Main Street 的加盟流程並獲得免費的評估和待辦事項推薦清單。
· • 因應現時COVID-19情況，City Hall Live 表演將移師至線上舉行。
· 直至6月底，該系列節目將會在每週一至週五由中午至下午1:00播放，期間每天將有兩場的演出。超過100位本地藝術家將直接從自己家中演出。請誘過以下Facebook Live連結觀看: facebook.com/City-Hall-Live-106149534367134
· 安大略省府
• 為應付COVID-19疫情，省政府增加了1035張急診病床和1492張重症監護病床，以擴大了醫院的容量。
• 安大略省內一共有20,354張急診病床。在2020年4月30日前，急診病床數量將可再增加4205張。
• 在省內的3504張重症監護病床中，其中2811張配有呼吸機，而疫情剛開始時配有呼吸機的病床有1319張。
• 病床擴充是與「大流行人員分配划」共同配合下進行的。確保醫院擁有所需的醫生和工作人員的措施包括：
O 調配外科護士到其他醫療單位工作。
O 急診科和重症監護護士將以跨部門方式工作。
O 在指定區域內醫院將共用醫生人手。
O 聘請家庭醫生以完成醫院內的輪班工作；以及，
O 聘請已退休的護士和護理人員。
加拿大聯邦政府
• 將有更多的企業因「加拿大緊急企業帳戶」的擴充將而受助。在2019年度員工薪酬總支出為20,000-150萬加元的企業將會合領取補助資格。
• 加拿大緊急商業租金援助計劃將會協助小型企業繳付4月，5月和6月的租金。更多細節將於稍後公佈。
• 聯邦政府已與全國各地的多家公司合作生產如洗手液，手套，防護服等PPE。此外，政府購買的數百萬套PPE已經到達並已分發到各省和地區。
Jim Karygiannis : COVID-19 Updates – April 16 2020
Join the 「Thank You to our Frontline Workers」motorcade
It’s time to join your neighbours to thank the men and women who are putting themselves on the line to protect us. Blow up the balloons, make the 「Thank You」signs and join the motorcade around the hospital.
WHEN: Tomorrow, Friday April 17 2020
3:00pm
WHERE: Scarborough Hospital – Grace Division (Birchmount Campus)
3030 Birchmount Rd, Scarborough, ON
MOTORCADE ROUTE:
• Drive South on Birchmount – There will be no left turns from northbound Birchmount traffic permitted
• Turn right (first entrance) onto the north side of the Hospital property
• Drive around the hospital
• Turn right to exit the Hospital property – Do not turn left
SEE YOU THERE
COVID-19 cases reported in Toronto
• 2,881 total cases
• 211 new cases since yesterday
• 230 hospitalized with 88 in ICU
• 147 deaths
Full details from Toronto Public Health
City of Toronto
• If you a hold a permit for a use of park facility, please refer to the attached Community Recreation letter concerning the response to COVID-19 related to permits between March 14 to June 28, 2020. Click here
• The City of Toronto will continue yard waste collection for another two weeks from April 20 to May 1.
O Residents are asked to put their yard waste out before 7:00 AM on their regularly scheduled garbage/yard waste collection day.
O If yard waste is not picked up on collection day, residents are asked to leave it out until it’s collected. It is not necessary to call 311 to report a missed collection.
• The City announced the expansion of the Digital Main Street program to help local businesses develop or expand their online services.
· Local businesses can complete the Digital Main Street onboarding process and receive a free Digital Assessment and recommended to-do list at digitalmainstreet.ca/Toronto.
· • The City Hall Live performance program is moving online in response to COVID-19.
· The series will run Monday through Friday from noon to 1:00 PM with two shows per day until the end of June. More than 100 local artists will be directly compensated for 30-minute performances from their homes, livestreamed via Facebook Live at facebook.com/City-Hall-Live-106149534367134.
· Government of Ontario
• The Government of Ontario has expanded hospital capacity in preparation for any COVID-19 outbreak scenarios by adding 1035 acute care beds and 1492 critical care beds
• Ontario has a total of 20,354 acute care beds with a potential for an additional 4205 more acute care beds by April 30, 2020.
• Of Ontario’s 3504 critical care beds, 2811 are equipped with ventilators, up from 1319 when the outbreak first started.
• This bed capacity expansion has been organized in coordination with pandemic staffing plans to ensure hospitals have the physicians and staff needed. Measures include:
O Redeploying surgical nursing staff who can now work with medicine units;
O Sharing highly trained emergency department and intensive care unit nursing staffs across units;
O Sharing physician resources across hospitals in a given region;
O Recruiting family doctors to complete shifts within the hospital; and,
O Recruiting retirees, including nursing and support services.
Government of Canada
• There are new expansions to the Canada Emergency Business Account to make it more accessible. Businesses that spend $20,000-$1.5 million in total payroll in 2019 are now eligible.
• The Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance is a program that will help support small businesses with their rent for April, May and June. More details coming soon.
• The federal government has partnered with various companies across the country to produce PPE such as hand sanitizer, gloves, protective gowns, etc. In addition, the government has purchased millions of units of PPE that have arrived and are being distributed to provinces and territories.
Regards,
Jim Karygiannis,
Councillor, Ward 22 Scarborough-Agincourt
3850 Finch Ave E G7
Scarborough Ontario M1T 3T6
(416) 392 1374 Phone
(647) 723 0287 Fax
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