Board Meetings

June 2021 Board of Health Meeting - COVID-19 Case and Contact Management Information Report

DATE:

June 2021

SUBJECT:

COVID-19 Case and Contact Management


BACKGROUND

COVID-19 spreads through direct contact with the respiratory droplets of someone who is infected with the virus. Symptoms include fever, cough, shortness of breath and difficulty breathing.  On December 31, 2019, health authorities identified this novel coronavirus (COVID-19) through a series of reported cases of pneumonia in Wuhan, China. On March 20, 2020, the first confirmed case of COVID-19 was reported to the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit (WECHU).

April 2021 Board of Health Meeting - CEO Quarterly Compliance Report Other

  1. Period covered by this report:  January 1, 2021 to March 31, 2021
  2. For the period covered by this CEO Quarterly Compliance Report:
    1. The undersigned has personal knowledge of the matters herein reported or has made due inquiry with respect to the same.
    2. Except as reported in any previous CEO Quarterly Compliance Report, the undersigned reports as follows:

    May 2021 Board of Health Meeting - Healthy Babies Healthy Children Program Resolution

    ISSUE

    The Healthy Babies Healthy Children program is a mandated program under the Ontario Public Health Standards (OPHS), and is funded 100% through the Ministry of Children Community and Social Services (MCCSS). In 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, HBHC program services were significantly altered across the province as staffing resources were redeployed to support the COVID response.

    November 2021 Board of Health Meeting - COVID-19 Vaccine and the Immunization of School Pupils Act (ISPA) Resolution

    ISSUE

    On Thursday October 28, 2021, Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Kieran Moore indicated during a news briefing that the Province of Ontario would not be adding COVID-19 to the list of nine diseases that public school students must be immunized against.