A. Notice of Risk
We are closely monitoring Covid-19 and while measures to attempt to control these risks are implemented in our centre, it is important that parents and staff are made aware of and understand the risks. Please read the Notice of Risk below:
When children from multiple families attend a single child care centre, there is an increased risk of the COVID-19 virus coming into the centre. Children who are infected with the COVID-19 virus are more likely than adults to have very mild infections or to have no symptoms at all, but these children can still transmit the infection to other children and to adults in the centre. This means that children can bring home an infection acquired at the centre. Junction Daycare Centre has a screening process to help detect infections when symptoms are present; however, this screening process will not detect infected children or adults who do not have symptoms.
If you or your child have any of the symptoms outlined below, from the Ministry of Health’s COVID-19 Reference document for Symptoms’ your child must stay home, do not come to Junction Daycare Centre and report symptoms by phone to your general practitioner.
Symptoms:
Fever (37.8 degrees C or greater)
New or worsening cough, shortness of breath
Sore throat, difficulty swallowing, new olfactory or taste disorder
Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain
Runny nose, nasal congestion (in absence of underlying reason for these symptoms such as seasonal allergies, post nasal drip, etc.)
Other signs – clinical or radiological evidence of pneumonia
Atypical symptoms and signs – unexplained fatigue/malaise/myalgias, delirium, unexplained or increased number of falls, acute functional decline, worsening of chronic conditions, chills, headaches, croup, conjunctivitis, multisystem inflammatory vasculitis in children, unexplained tachycardia (heart rate over 100 beats per minute), including age specific tachycardia for children, decrease in blood pressure, unexplained hypoxia, lethargy and difficulty feeding in infants (if no other diagnosis)
If you, or any member of your household answer YES to any of the questions outlined below, from Toronto Public Health COVID-19 Screening Checklist, your child must stay home, do not come to Junction Daycare Centre and report the answers by phone to your general practitioner.
1. Do you or your child have symptoms compatible with Covid-19 and in whom laboratory diagnosis of COVID-19 is inconclusive?
2. Do you or your child live with, or provide care for (without appropriate PPE), or spent time with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19, is suspected to have COVID-19, has an inconclusive laboratory diagnosis of COVID-19, or who has symptoms that started within 14 days of travel outside of Canada?
3. Have you or your child travelled outside of Canada within the last 14 days?
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