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Please follow these fundamental public health measures to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.

If you are ill – Stay Home!

Wear a mask and keep your distance:

  • Non-medical masks/face-coverings are mandatory within The Safety Village
  • Always keep a minimum distance of 2 meters between yourself and others.

Hygiene Considerations:

  • Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds;
  • If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer (more than 60% alcohol);
  • Use alcohol-based hand sanitizer upon entering a Town facility;
  • Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth;
  • Cover coughs and sneezes with a tissue or sleeve;
  • Avoid touching surfaces people touch often.

As part of our commitment to providing a safe and healthy workplace and environment, visitors are required to complete this daily screening before coming to The Safety Village. Your answers will only be used to generate a pass / fail response. By answering these questions honestly, you are helping to ensure a safe environment and to minimize the spread of COVID-19.

Please review the following statements:

  1. Are you (or anyone in your party) currently experiencing one or more of the symptoms below that are new or worsening? Symptoms should not be chronic or related to other known causes or conditions
    • Fever and/or chills
    • Cough or barking cough (croup)
    • Shortness of breath
    • Decrease or loss of smell or taste
    • (For adults > 18 years or older) Fatigue. lethargy, malaise and/or myalgias
    • (For children < 18 years) Nausea, vomiting and/or diarrhea
  2. In the last 14 days, have you (or anyone in your party) travelled outside of Canada AND been advised to quarantine (as per the federal quarantine requirements)?
  3. Has a doctor, health care provider, or public health unit told you (or anyone in your party) that you should currently be isolating (staying at home)? This can be because of an outbreak or contact tracing.
  4. In the last 10 days, have you (or anyone in your party) been identified as a “close contact” of someone who currently has COVID-19?
    • If public health has advised you that you do not need to self-isolate (e.g., you are fully immunized* or have tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 90 days and since been cleared), select “No.”
  5. In the last 10 days, have you (or anyone in your party) received a COVID Alert exposure notification on your cell phone?
    • If you are have already gone for a test and got a negative result, select “No.”
    • If you are fully immunized or have tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 90 days and since been cleared, select “No.”
  6. In the last 10 days, have you (or anyone in your party) tested positive for COVID-19?
  7. Is anyone you (or your party members) live with currently experiencing any new COVID-19 symptoms and/or waiting for test results after experiencing symptoms?
    • If you are fully immunized or have tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 90 days and since been cleared, select “No.”

For a Visitor

  • If a visitor has screened positive, employees should instruct the visitor to call their primary care provider or Telehealth Ontario (1-866-797-0000) for further clinical assessment.
  • All testing for COVID-19 will take place through hospitals, assessment centres and/or through primary care providers.
  • If a visitor requires immediate medical attention, the employee should call 911 and let them know that the visitor has symptoms of COVID-19.