What is COVID-19?
Coronaviruses are spread mainly from person to person through close contact, for example, in a household, workplace, or health care centre (i.e., physiotherapy clinic). Your risk of contracting the virus may be higher if you have a weakened immune system, such as seniors and people with chronic disease (i.e., diabetes, cancer, heart, renal, chronic respiratory disease, or asthma).
Rate of Mortality (Compare this chart to that of SARS and Flu (H1N1)
COVID-19 can cause respiratory infection, pneumonia or kidney failure, however, many people may be asymptomatic or only have mild symptoms. Symptoms may include: fever, cough, difficulty breathing, muscle aches, fatigue, sore throat, headache, and runny nose. There is currently no treatment or vaccine that protects against COVID-19.
If you are returning from travel outside of Canada, you should:
If you start to feel symptoms of COVID-19, you should:
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If you are returning from travel outside of Canada, you should:
- Self-isolate for 14 days
- Monitor yourself for symptoms of COVID-19 for those 14 days
If you start to feel symptoms of COVID-19, you should:
- Self-isolate immediately
- Contact your primary care provider or Telehealth Ontario at 1-866-797-0000 and they will direct you to in-person care options.
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