Have you passed the COVID-19 Health Screen?
1. Are you currently experiencing any of these symptoms?
Choose any/all that are new, worsening, and not related to other known causes or conditions you already have.
- Fever and/or chills
- Cough or barking cough (croup)
- Shortness of breath
- Decrease or loss of smell or taste
- For adults > 18 years or older: Fatigue, lethargy, malaise and/or muscle aches
- For children < 18 years: Nausea, vomiting and/or diarrhea
Yes or No?
2. Has a doctor, health care provider or public health unit told you that you should currently be isolating (staying at home)?
This can be because of an outbreak or contact tracing.
Yes or No?
3. In the last 10 days, have you received a COVID Alert Exposure notification on your cell phone?
If you have already gone for a test and got a negative result, select “No.” If you are fully vaccinated or have tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 90 days and since been cleared, select “No.”
Yes or No?
4. In the last 10 days, have you tested positive on a rapid antigen test or a home-based self-testing kit?
If you have since tested negative on a lab-based PCR test, select “No.”
Yes or No?
5. In the last 14 days, have you or someone in your household (someone you live with) travelled outside of Canada AND been advised to quarantine (as per the federal quarantine requirements)?
If you are fully vaccinated or have tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 90 days and since been cleared, select “No.”
Yes or No?
6. In the last 10 days, have you or someone in your household (someone you live with) been identified as a ”close contact” of someone who currently has COVID-19 AND advised by a doctor, healthcare provider or public health unit to self-isolate?
If you are fully vaccinated or have tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 90 days and since been cleared, select “No.”
Yes or No?
7. Is anyone you live with currently experiencing any new COVID-19 symptoms
and/or waiting for test results after experiencing symptoms?
If the individual experiencing symptoms received a COVID-19 vaccination in the last 48 hours and is experiencing mild fatigue, muscle aches, and/or joint pain that only began after vaccination, select “No.” If you are fully vaccinated or have tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 90 days and since been cleared, select “No.”
Yes or No?
Being “fully vaccinated” means you have received the full series of a COVID-19 vaccine or combination of COVID-19 vaccines approved by the World Health Organization (e.g., two doses of a two-dose vaccine series, or one dose of a single-dose vaccine series); and having received the final dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at least 14 days ago.
COVID-19 Health Screen Results
- If the patron answered NO to all questions from 1 through 7, they can enter the business or organization. In the business or organization, the patron must continue to follow all public health measures, including masking, maintaining physical distance and hand hygiene, where applicable.
- If the patron answered YES to any questions from 1 through 7, they should not be permitted to enter the business or organization (including any outdoor or partially outdoor business or facility). They should be advised to go home to self-isolate immediately and contact their health care provider or Telehealth Ontario (1-866-797-0000) to get advice or an assessment, including if they need a COVID-19 test.
- If the patron answered YES to question 7, they must be advised to stay home, along with the rest of the household, until the sick individual gets a negative COVID-19 test result, is cleared by their local public health unit, or is diagnosed with another illness.
- If any of the answers to these screening questions change during the day, this screening result is no longer valid and the patron may need to screen again, wherever necessary.
- Any record created as part of patron screening may only be disclosed as required by law.
Note: For more information on federal requirements for travellers, including for unvaccinated children less than 12 years of age and quarantine exemptions, please see the Government of Canada’s website.
Resources:
- COVID-19 (coronavirus) in Ontario webpage (find a testing location, check your results, how to stop the spread of the virus).
- Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development’s Resources to prevent COVID-19 in the workplace.
- Screening for COVID-19: guidance for employers webpage.
