Response to COVID-19 - April 2021 Update

Considered

• 2021-04-12 · Board of Health · amended

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  The Board of Health recommends that: 1. City Council receive the presentation (April 12, 2021) from the Medical Officer of Health, headed "Response to COVID-19: April 2021 Update", for information.

  Clerk’s note

  The Board of Health: 1. Urgently reiterated the request, recommended by the Medical Officer of Health in January 2021, for the Governments of Canada and Ontario to provide necessary funding, fiscal relief, and/or supports to employers so that all workers in Ontario have access to no less than 10 paid sick days immediately as an emergency measure during the COVID-19 pandemic. 2. Requested the Governments of Canada and Ontario to prioritize and increase Toronto's COVID-19 vaccine supply to decrease the risk and spread of COVID-19 by responding to the increased need from eligible populations in Phase Two of the Provincial COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Plan.

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  3. Urged the Government of Ontario to decrease the risk and spread of COVID-19 by prioritizing COVID-19 vaccine registration in Toronto's highest risk hot spot areas. 4. Called on the Government of Ontario to decrease the risk and spread of COVID-19 by ensuring that Early Childhood Educators and essential frontline workers in the child care sector are eligible as part of Provincial plans to offer vaccinations to all education workers in hot spot priority neighbourhoods in Toronto, scheduled to commence the week of April 12, 2021. 5. Requested the Medical Officer of Health, in coordination with the Fire Chief and General Manager, Emergency Management, and Toronto's COVID-19 Incident Commander, to consider and undertake every measure, in partnership with the Government of Ontario and local health care partners, to scale up vaccine delivery through pop-up, mobile, and established clinics for vulnerable populations, including essential workers, hard hit neighbourhoods, taxi drivers, frontline workers in child care settings, and people experiencing homelessness. 6. Requested the Medical Officer of Health, in consultation with the General Manager, Shelter, Support and Housing Administration and in partnership with the Government of Ontario and local health care partners, to make every effort to expedite and scale up the COVID-19 response for people experiencing homelessness and in shelter settings, including securing and opening additional isolation and recovery facilities, prioritizing shelter vaccination clinics and pop-up opportunities, and focusing on housing people experiencing long-term homelessness into new supportive housing units through the City's Coordinated Access system. 7. Requested the Medical Officer of Health to consider and implement any additional measures or restrictions necessary to halt the current third wave of COVID-19, in partnership with the Government of Ontario and Ontario's Public Health Units or under their own powers under the Health Protection and Promotion Act. The Medical Officer of Health gave a presentation on Response to COVID-19: April 2021 Update.

• 2021-05-05 · Toronto City Council · adopted