Ministry of Health | Public Health
Public health and healthcare guidance, including announcements and regular updates on policy and guidance.
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COVID-19 24/7 Hotline: 1-866-212-2272
Emergency Operations Centre: [email protected]
Public Health Information
- Ontario Ministry of Health – Information for the Public
- Public Health Agency of Canada – Information for Health Care Professionals
- Public Health Ontario – COVID-19 Updates
- Public Health Ontario - COVID-19 Data Tool – Epidemiological information of COVID-19 activity in Ontario
- Ontario Ministry of Health/Long-Term Care – Find Your Local Public Health Unit
Ontario Ministry of Health - For Healthcare Providers
- Directive #1
- Directive #2 for Health Care Providers
- Directive #2 Questions & Answers
- COVID-19 Operational Requirements: Health Sector Restart – June 15, 2020
Screening | Testing
- Algorithm - You have symptoms and are concerned you may have COVID-19 April 19, 2022 (version 14.1) (PDF)
- Algorithm - You have been exposed to someone who has tested positive April 19, 2022 (version 14.1) (PDF)
- Algorithm - You have been exposed AND work in highest risk setting Version 2.1 February 3, 2022 (PDF)
- Patient Screening Guidance
- Reference Document for Symptoms
- Provincial Testing and Clearance Guidance
- Rapid Point of Care Testing Use - Case Guidance (flowchart)
- Considerations for Antigen Point-of-Care Testing – Guidance
- COVID-19 School and Child Care Screening Tool – Government of Ontario
- Appendix 8: Cases with Positive COVID-19 Serology Results and Management of Cases with Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) Temporally Associated with COVID-19 - v. 2.0, Feb. 18, 2021
- Case Definition for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
PPE | IPAC
- Provincial Pandemic Stockpiles – order PPE | Swabs
- Instructions for Completing the Remedy Intake Form - PPTS – Aug. 4, 2020
- Pandemic PPE Transitional Support (PPTS) FAQs
- Guidance on Use of N95 Beyond Shelf Life – March 27, 2020
- Public Health Ontario – Updated IPAC Recommendations for Use of PPE for Care of Individuals with Suspect or Confirmed COVID-19
- Ontario Health – COVID Critical Supplies & Equipment (CSE) Data Submission
- Ontario Health - PPE Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Recommendations on Use and Conservation (Aug. 11, 2020)
- Ontario Health – Optimizing the Supply of PPE During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Recommendations (Aug. 11, 2020)
Guidance
- Management of Cases and Contacts of COVID-19 in Ontario – April 19, 2022 (version 14.1) (PDF)
- Primary Care Guidance Summary (OCFP) – Aug. 2021
- Primary Care Guidance: What's Changed (OCFP) – Aug. 2021
- Guidance: Primary Care Providers in a Community Setting (MOH)
- Guidance for Health Sector – updated periodically
- Public Health Agency of Canada - Guidance on the Use of Influenza Vaccine in the Presence of COVID-19 – Sept. 29, 2020
- Public Health Agency of Canada - Clinical Management of Patients with COVID-19 - Second Interim Guidance – Aug. 17, 2020
- COVID-19 Guidance: Home and Community Care Providers
- COVID-19 Guidance: Labour, Delivery and Newborn Care – Nov. 10, 2020
- Guidance: Hospice Care – Nov. 12, 2020
- Guidance: Long-Term Care and Retirement Homes for Public Health Units