25 Mar COVID-19 Corner
Please take a few moments every evening at 7:30PM (local time) and step out onto your porch, balcony or open a window and make some noise (e.g. bang some pots and pans, sing a song, and applaud) in honour of health professionals as part of #cheer4healthworkers.
Also, continue to educate your families and friends about social distancing and staying at home because #TogetherWeCanDoIt.
In the sections below, you can access up to date COVID-19 information and resources.
Canadian Alliance of Nurse educators using Simulation (CAN-Sim)
A virtual simulation game to improve the knowledge and practice of COVID-19 assessment and use of personal protective equipment (PPE). The game allows you to follow a client with COVID-19 symptoms through assessment and care from the initial public health nurse phone assessment to care in a COVID-10 Assessment Centre and Emergency Department. This simulation is created for nursing students and graduate nurses, and others providing health services.
Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO)
RNAO Updates and Resources on COVID-19 for Members and Other Health Professionals
Ontario Public Health Units
Ontario Ministry of Health & Long-Term Care (MOHLTC)
The 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) (Main Page)
Health Provider Hotline (1-866-212-2272) & Website
Telehealth Ontario (1-866-797-0000) & Website
Guidance for the Health Sector
Public Health Ontario (PHO)
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Main Page)
Interactive Self-Assessment Tool
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Testing
Health Canada
Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): Outbreak Update (Main Page)
Epidemiological Summary of COVID-19 Cases in Canada
John Hopkins University
Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases
World Health Organization
Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Outbreak (Main Page)