COVID-19 Assessment Centre .... Women's College Hospital / WCH .... 76 Grenville Street .... Toronto, Ontario

.... A number of dedicated assessment centres have been established across the City of Toronto to facilitate assessment and testing.

Due to evidence of community spread of COVID-19 in Toronto, the assessment centers in Toronto will be shifting their focus to people who are at risk of transmitting COVID-19 to large groups of people. Everyone else, even those with mild symptoms who have returned from travel, do not need testing, unless they get sick enough to go to an emergency department

Hours:

Open seven days a week - hours 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. .... Who Should Visit an Assessment Centre :

.... People with mild symptoms of upper respiratory tract infection (cough, sore throat, headache, muscle aches, fatigue, runny nose, and joint aches, and may also include nausea, diarrhea and stomach pains) OR fever, AND

Are at high risk of transmission to larger groups of people including:

Those who work within at-risk settings including any healthcare setting (e.g., acute care, complex continuing care and rehabilitation hospitals; primary care; paramedics; long-term care homes; retirement homes; reactivation centres; dialysis centres), congregate settings (e.g. homeless shelters, group homes, respite centres, correctional facilities); school or childcare centre

Those who reside in vulnerable settings including acute care, complex continuing care and rehabilitation hospitals; long-term care homes; retirement homes; reactivation centres; congregate settings (e.g. homeless shelters, group homes, respite centres, correctional facilities) and those who are patients at dialysis centres

Symptomatic patients should self-isolate while waiting to reach Telehealth Ontario (1-866-797-0000) or seeking medical attention.

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