The COVID-19 Assessment Centre at Carling Heights Optimist Community Centre (CHOCC), located at 656 Elizabeth Street in London, will be open this long weekend, May 16, 17 and 18, from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. The Assessment Centre at Oakridge Arena will not be open Saturday or Sunday, but will be open from 11:00 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Monday, May 18, 2020.

The COVID-19 Assessment Centres, operated by the London Health Sciences Centre, St. Joseph’s Health Care London, the Thames Valley Family Health Team, the Middlesex-London EMS, the Middlesex-London Health Unit and the City of London, have seen hundreds of patients, which has helped to alleviate the number of visits to local Emergency Departments and the Urgent Care Centre.

The Health Unit and its partners recommend the following:

• Use the online self-assessment tool at: https://covid19checkup.ca
• Call Telehealth at 1-866-797-0000 for a telephone assessment if you have COVID-19 like-symptoms, including fever, a new or worsening cough, or new or worsening shortness of breath.
• If you are not able to assess your symptoms, visit the COVID-19 Assessment Centres for further information.

Anyone with severe respiratory illness, or a medical emergency should go to hospital. Signs of severe respiratory illness include:

• Shortness of breath/unable to catch your breath
• Severe fever that does not come down with Tylenol/acetaminophen
• Energy so low that you are physically unable to get out of bed or barely able and must rest again immediately

Media Contact:
Elizabeth Milne, Communications Coordinator, Middlesex-London Health Unit,
519-617-0564

Spokesperson:
Dr. Alex Summers, Associate Medical Officer of Health, Middlesex-London Health Unit