Councillor Jim Karygiannis : COVID-19 Update – April 10, 2020
I will be hosting a teleconference with front line doctors from Scarborough Grace Hospital and residents on April 17, 2020 at 7:00 pm. If you are interested, please sign up at: http://karygiannis.net/wp/teleconference/
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COVID-19 cases reported in Toronto
• 1,891 current cases, with 118 new cases
• 177 hospitalized with 79 in ICU
• 77 deaths
• 103 recoveries
Full details can be seen at Toronto Public Health
City of Toronto
• The City is exploring options to respond to the increased need for accessible toilets, handwashing stations and support services for homeless and other vulnerable populations
O Beginning next week, in partnership with Toronto Public Health, Seniors Services and Long-Term Care will be providing regular home-specific updates, including case counts related to COVID-19
O Efforts continue to promote the importance of staying home and physical distancing. Renewed physical distancing signage has been created and will be put up in City parks beginning early next week
• Compliance efforts continue to be enforced in:
O Parks and public squares (a targeted blitz of Toronto parks is taking place this weekend)
O Closure of non-essential businesses
O Municipal and provincial public health measures
Province of Ontario
• Announced the expanded and proactive testing of several priority groups including:
O hospital inpatients, long-term care and retirement home, healthcare workers/caregivers and first responders (paramedics, police and firefighters), Indigenous and remote/isolated/rural communities and congregate living facilities (group homes, prisons and shelters); as well as specific vulnerable populations including:
1. Chemotherapy, hemodialysis and transplant patients, pregnant persons, newborns and cross border agents.
• Testing of the general public is ongoing at the Province‘s 100 testing centres
• Anyone exhibiting COVID-19 symptoms (difficulty breathing, fever, cough, fatigue, headache, muscle ache, sore throat and runny nose) can and will be tested at the recommendation of their physician or at the recommendation of the physician at a COVID-19 assessment centre
• Province‘s list of COVID-19 symptoms will be updated to include:
O Hoarse voice, difficulty swallowing, loss of sense of smell or taste, diarrhea and nausea and vomiting; and,
O For seniors – chills, delirium (no other obvious causes), falls, acute functional decline, increased heart rate, decreased blood pressure
• The Province will complete up to 8,000 tests per day by April 15 and 16,000 per day by May 6
• The Premier stressed the importance staying home for all Ontarians and staying 2 metres apart when making essential trips
Government of Canada
• The Prime Minister gave holiday greetings to Canadians of various religions and spoke to children, asking them to share pictures in their windows in support of our health care workers
• He also encouraged Canadians to apply for the Canadian Emergency Response Benefit and the Canada Emergency Business Account offering loans to small businesses
• the Prime Minister announced that tomorrow the House of Commons will meet to pass the largest economic measures, including the wage subsidy bill, undertaken in Canada since World War II
O Prime Minister announced that he will address Canadians from the House of Commons and will not provide a briefing on Sunday and Monday
• Shared stories of Canadian businesses stepping up to do their part, including retooling to create needed products in country
• Canada part of the discussion at G20 energy meetings and is advocating for Canadian interests amidst OPEC production concerns
• Discussions and decisions regarding the appointment of a Bank of Canada Governor are ongoing
• Canada‘s Emergencies Act would only be enacted if Provincial and Federal measures are not effective, hope to never enact
Government of Canada officials‘ Briefing:
• Canada currently has 21,243 confirmed cases of COVID-19, and 531 deaths
• Many deaths occurring in long-term care homes
• To date, more than 383,000 tests have been administered across the country
• Praised Canadians for adhering to the public health guidelines laid out by the government as the public‘s cooperation with public health measures has kept Canada’s health system from being overwhelmed
• A 「staycation for the nation」continues to be encouraged for Canadians this holiday weekend
詹嘉禮市議員： COVID-19 每日更新–2020 年4 月10 日
我將於2020年4月17日晚7點與士嘉堡慈恩醫院的前線醫生和本區居民舉行電話會議。如果您有興趣，請註冊：http://karygiannis.net/wp/teleconference/
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多倫多市COVID-19報告病例
• 現有1,891 確診病例，新增118例
• 住院患者177例，79 例在重症監護室接受治療
• 總計有77位患者死於COVID-19
• 已康復103例
詳情請查看：多倫多公共衛生局
多倫多市府
• 市府正在探討以各種方式，解決對公共洗手間、洗手池、以及疫情下無家可歸者和其他弱勢群體日益增長的需求。
O 從下周開始，市府將與多倫多公共衛生部門和老人服務與長期護理部門合作，定期提供以個體機構為單位的疫情更新，包括COVID-19病例數字。
O 市府繼續強調留在家中和實踐安全社交距離的重要性。已製作好提醒市民保持安全社交距離的新標牌，下周初將樹立在本市的公園內。
• 市府仍在採取以下行動以確保防疫法令得到有效遵守和執行：
O 公園和公共廣場（本週末，執法人員將會在本市公園進行突擊行動）
O 關閉非必要工作場所和業務
O 市府和省府公共衛生措施
安大略省府
• 省府宣佈對某些群體優先增加測試，包括：
O 住院病人、長期護理中心和養老院、醫護人員/護理人員和急救人員（救護人員、警察和消防員）、原住民和偏遠/偏僻/農村社區，以及人群聚集的處所（群居、監獄和庇護所）；以及特定的弱勢群體，包括：
化療、血液透析和移植患者、孕婦、新生兒和邊境管理人員。
• 本省100個檢測中心正在對公眾展開測試
• 任何出現COVID-19 症狀（呼吸困難、發燒、咳嗽、疲倦、頭痛、肌肉疼痛、喉嚨痛和流鼻涕）的人士都可在其家庭醫生或COVID-19 評估中心的醫生的建議下進行測試。
• 本省COVID-19 症狀列表將被更新，包括以下症狀：
O 嘶啞聲音，吞咽困難，嗅覺或味覺喪失，腹瀉、惡心和嘔吐; 以及
O 對於老年人― 發冷，精神錯亂（沒有其他明顯原因），跌倒，急性功能衰退，心率增加，血壓下降
• 預期到4月15日，本省每天檢測數目將達到8,000個測試，到5月6日，預期每天可以完成16,000個測試。
• 省長重申所有安省省民留在家中以及外出採購必需品時保持2米安全社交距離的重要性。
加拿大聯邦政府
• 總理向持有不同信仰的加拿大人致以節日的問候，並同孩子們交談，建議他們在窗戶上分享圖片，向我們的醫護人員表示支持。
• 總理還鼓勵民眾申請加拿大緊急救助津貼以及為小型企業提供貸款的加拿大緊急商業賬戶。
• 總理宣佈，明天國會將開會，旨在通過自二戰以來本國實施的最重大的經濟措施，包括工資補貼法案。
O 總理宣佈，他將在國會向民眾發表講話。另外，周日和週一暫停發佈消息。
• 分享本國企業為疫情貢獻自己的力量，包括企業轉型改造，生產防疫所需產品。
• 加拿大參與二十國集團（G20）能源會議上的討論，並在有關石油輸出國組織（OPEC）生產議題中維護加拿大利益。
• 正在進一步商討加拿大銀行行長的任命，尚未作出決定。
• 加拿大《緊急狀態法》只有在省與聯邦現行防疫措施無效時才會頒布，希望永遠無需頒布。
加拿大政府官員簡報：
• 加拿大目前有21,243例COVID-19確診病例，531例患者死亡。
• 長期護理中心發生多宗死亡案例。
• 迄今為止，本國已進行了超過383,000 個測試。
• 贊揚民眾遵守政府制定的公共衛生指引，公共衛生措施與民眾配合使加拿大的醫療系統避免不堪重負。
• 在這個長週末，政府繼續鼓勵民眾「為國家而宅家」。