COVID Screening 2021
Apr 19, 2024 09:10 AM
2021 DAILY COVID Screening Process
Students must screen for COVID-19 every day before going to CORE Dance Project Inc.
Screening Questions
1. Does the student/child live and/or go to school/child care in Toronto
or Peel Region?
Yes No
2. Is the student/child currently experiencing any of these symptoms?
Choose any/all that are new, worsening, and not related to other known causes or conditions they already have.
Fever and/or chills
Temperature of 37.8 degrees Celsius/100 degrees Fahrenheit or higher
Yes No
Cough or barking cough (croup)
Continuous, more than usual, making a whistling noise when
breathing (not related to asthma, post-infectious reactive airways,
or other known causes or conditions they already have)
Yes No
Shortness of breath
Out of breath, unable to breathe deeply (not related to asthma or
other known causes or conditions they already have)
Yes No
Decrease or loss of taste or smell
Not related to seasonal allergies, neurological disorders, or other
known causes or conditions they already have
Yes No
Sore throat or difficulty swallowing
Painful swallowing (not related to seasonal allergies, acid reflux, or
other known causes or conditions they already have)
Yes No
Runny or stuffy/congested nose
Not related to seasonal allergies, being outside in cold weather, or
other known causes or conditions they already have
Yes No
Headache
Unusual, long-lasting (not related to tension-type headaches,
chronic migraines, or other known causes or conditions they already have)
Yes No
Nausea, vomiting and/or diarrhea
Not related to irritable bowel syndrome, anxiety, menstrual cramps, or
other known causes or conditions they already have
Yes No
Extreme tiredness or muscle aches
Unusual, fatigue, lack of energy, poor feeding in infants
(not related to depression, insomnia, thyroid disfunction, sudden injury,
or other known causes or conditions they already have)
Yes No
Results of Screening Questions
If you answered “YES” to question 1 (living in Toronto or Peel Region) and the student/child
has any of the symptoms included under question 2 do not go to school or child care.
• The student/child should isolate (stay home) and not leave except to get tested or for a
medical emergency.
• Talk with a doctor/health care provider to get advice or an assessment, including if they need
a COVID-19 test.
• Check with your school/child care provider or your local public health unit to see if siblings or
other people in your household without symptoms should isolate and for how many days.
The rules are different in certain parts of the province because of local risk factors.
• Contact your school/child care provider to let them know about this result.
If you answered “YES” to two or more of the symptoms included under question 2, or to having
fever and/or chills, cough or barking cough, shortness of breath, decrease or loss of taste or
smell do not go to school or child care.
• The student/child should isolate (stay home) and not leave except to get tested or for a
medical emergency.
• Talk with a doctor/health care provider to get advice or an assessment, including if they need
a COVID-19 test.
• Check with your school/child care provider or your local public health unit to see if siblings
or other people in your household without symptoms should isolate and for how many days.
The rules are different in certain parts of the province because of local risk factors.
• Contact your school/child care provider to let them know about this result.
If you answered “YES” to having only one of sore throat/difficulty swallowing, runny/stuffy/
congested nose, headache, nausea, vomiting/diarrhea, extreme tiredness/muscle aches
do not go to school or child care.
• The student/child should isolate (stay home) for 24 hours and not leave except for a medical
emergency.
• Talk with a doctor/health care provider to get advice or an assessment, including if they need
a COVID-19 test.
• After 24 hours:
∙ If their symptom is improving, they can return to school/child care when they feel well
enough to go. They do not need to get tested.
∙ If their symptom is persisting, worsening, or they are developing new symptoms, continue
to stay home and talk with a doctor/health care provider for more advice, including if they
need a COVID-19 test.
• Check with your school/child care provider or your local public health unit to see if siblings or
other people in your household without symptoms should isolate and for how many days.
The rules are different in certain parts of the province because of local risk factors.
• Contact your school/child care and let them know about this result.
3. In the last 14 days, has the student/child travelled outside of Canada?
Yes No
4. In the last 14 days, has the student/child been identified as a “close contact”
of someone who currently has COVID-19?
Yes No
5. In the last 14 days, has the student/child received a COVID Alert exposure
notification on their cell phone?
(If they already went for a test and got a negative result, select “No.”)
Yes No
6. Has a doctor, health care provider, or public health unit told you that the
student/child should currently be isolating (staying at home)?
Yes No
If you answered “YES” to question 3 or 4 do not go to school or child care.
• The student/child should self-isolate (stay home) for 14 days and not leave except to get tested
or for a medical emergency.
• Follow the advice of public health. They can return to school/child care after they are cleared
by your local public health unit.
• If they develop symptoms, contact your local public health unit or doctor/health care provider
for more advice.
• Check with your school/child care provider or your local public health unit to see if siblings or
other people in your household should isolate and for how many days. The rules are different
in certain parts of the province because of local risk factors.
• Contact your school/child care provider to let them know about this result.
If you answered “YES” to question 5 or 6 do not go to school or child care.
• The student/child should self-isolate (stay home) and not leave except to get tested or for a
medical emergency.
• If you answered “YES” to question 5, visit an assessment centre to get them a COVID-19 test.
∙ If they test negative (they do not have the virus), they can return to school/child care.
∙ If they test positive (they have the virus), they can return only after they are cleared by your
local public health unit.
• If you answered “YES” to question 6, follow the advice of public health. They can return to
school/child care after they are cleared by your local public health unit.
∙ If they develop symptoms, contact your local public health unit or doctor/health care
provider for more advice.
• Check with your school/child care provider or your local public health unit to see if siblings or
other people in your household should isolate and for how many days. The rules are different
in certain parts of the province because of local risk factors.
If you answered “NO” to all questions, your child may go to school/child care because they
seem to be healthy and have not been exposed to COVID-19. Follow your school/child care
provider’s established process for letting staff know about this result (if applicable).
Public Health Ontario – Contact Tracing
Answering these questions is optional. This information will only be used by Public Health officials
for contact tracing. All information will be deleted in 28 days.