COVID Assessment

Do you have symptoms of COVID-19?

Symptoms include:

  • Fever and/or chills
  • Cough
  • Shortness of breath
  • Decrease or loss of taste or smell
  • Runny nose/nasal congestion
  • Headache
  • Extreme fatigue
  • Sore throat
  • Muscle aches/joint pain
  • Gastrointestinal symptoms (i.e. vomiting or diarrhea)

Have you been identified as a high-risk contact by your local public health unit?
This includes a living or work setting that has a COVID-19 outbreak.

Do you fit in one of the following groups?

  • Individuals who identify as Indigenous and their household members, or persons travelling into First Nations and Indigenous communities for work purposes
  • Individuals, and one accompanying caregiver, with written prior approval for out-of-country medical services from the General Manager, OHIP

Do you fit in one of the following groups and are symptomatic?

  • Patient-facing healthcare workers 
  • Staff, residents, essential care providers, or volunteers at high-risk settings including hospitals, complex continuing care facilities or acute care facilities; congregate settings, long-term care homes, retirement homes, shelters, supportive housing, and correctional institutions.
  • Household members of workers in highest risk settings (as identified above) and patient-facing healthcare workers
  • Temporary foreign worker in congregate living setting

**Please note household members must bring a picture of workers’ employee ID to their appointment

Are you symptomatic and fit in one of the following groups?

  • Individuals who are not fully vaccinated and at highest risk of severe disease (anyone aged 70 and older or 60 and order who is Indigenous and/or has additional risk factors)
  • Immunocompromised individuals not expected to mount an adequate immune response to COVID-19 vaccinator or SARS-CoV-2-infection. Regardless of vaccination status:
    • Individuals receiving dialysis
    • Individuals receiving active treatment (chemotherapy, targeted therapies, immunotherapy) for solid tumour or hematologic malignancies
    • Recipients of solid-organ transplant and taking immunosuppressive therapy
    • Recipients of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T-cell therapy or hematopoietic stem cell transplant (within 2 years of transplantation or taking immunosuppression therapy)
    • Individuals with moderate to severe primary immunodeficiency (e.g., DiGeorge syndrome, Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome)
    • Individuals with stage 3 or advanced untreated HIV infection and those with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
    • Individuals receiving active treatment with the following categories of immunosuppressive therapies: anti-B cell therapies2 (monoclonal antibodies targeting CD19, CD20 and CD22), high-dose systemic corticosteroids (refer to the Canadian Immunization Guide for suggested definition of high dose steroids), alkylating agents, antimetabolites, or tumor-necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors and other biologic agents that are significantly immunosuppressive

Are you symptomatic and fit in one of the following groups?

  • Pregnant people
  • First responders, including fire, police, and paramedics
  • Underhoused or homeless people

COVID Assessment

Do you live in or work at a setting that has a COVID-19 outbreak, as identified by your local public health unit?

Has your public health unit told you that you have been exposed to a confirmed case of COVID-19, or have you received an exposure notification through the COVID Alert app?

Are you:
- A worker or resident of a high-risk setting such as long-term care homes, shelters or other congregate setting; OR
- A visitor to a long-term care home; OR
- An international student that has arrived in the last 14 days

Are you experiencing any of these symptoms? (new, worsening, and not related to other known causes or conditions)

  • Fever (Temperature of 37.8 degrees Celsius/100 degrees Fahrenheit or higher)
  • Chills
  • Cough that's new or worsening (continuous, more than usual, not related to other known causes or conditions, for example COPD)
  • Barking cough, making a whistling noise when breathing (Croup, not related to other known causes or conditions)
  • Shortness of breath (Out of breath, unable to breathe deeply, not related to other known causes or conditions, for example, asthma)
  • Sore throat (Not related to other known causes or conditions, for example, seasonal allergies, acid reflux)
  • Difficulty swallowing (Painful swallowing, not related to other known causes or conditions)
  • Runny nose (Not related to other known causes or conditions, for example, seasonal allergies, being outside in cold weather)
  • Stuffy or congested nose(Not related to other known causes or conditions, for example, seasonal allergies)
  • Decrease or loss of taste or smell (Not related to other known causes or conditions, for example, allergies, neurological disorders)
  • Pink eye (Conjunctivitis, not related to other known causes or conditions, for example, reoccurring styes)
  • Headache that’s unusual or long lasting (Not related to other known causes or conditions, for example, tension-type headaches, chronic migraines)
  • Digestive issues like nausea/vomiting, diarrhea, stomach pain (Not related to other known causes or conditions, for example, irritable bowel syndrome, anxiety in children, menstrual cramps)
  • Muscle aches that are unusual or long lasting (Not related to other known causes or conditions, for example, a sudden injury, fibromyalgia)
  • Extreme tiredness that is unusual (Fatigue, lack of energy, not related to other known causes or conditions, for example, depression, insomnia, thyroid disfunction)
  • Falling down often (For older people)
  • Sluggishness or lack of appetite (For young children and infants)