*Updated January 21st, 2022
Quarantine – Worker Obligations
- Workers in quarantine should be paid
- Minimum 30 hours
- Welfare checks
- Food
- Screening
- Necessities of life
*Updated January 7th, 2022
- All orders remain in effect
- All section 22 based on local health units are still active
- Active screening required
- Contact tracing on your own
Current Obligations Under Health Unit and Reopening Ontario Act
All orders remain in effect. All section 22 based on local health units are still active:
- Active screening required
- Contact tracing
Enforcement
- Reopening Act of Ontario (ROA)
- Bylaw enforcing
- Individual fines begin at $750+
- Business fines begin at $1,000+
PROVINCIAL Exposure & Isolation Requirements
| Situation | Unvaccinated/Partially Vaccinated | Fully Vaccinated |
| Exposed to close contact that test positive | Immediately test (PCR) & isolate for 10 d | Immediately test (PCR) & isolate until negative test is received |
| If you are not symptomatic | …and test negative, test again on day 7 and complete remainder of isolation | Immediately test (PCR) and self-monitor for 10 d and follow public health measures |
| If you are symptomatic | …and test negative, test again on day 7 and complete remainder of isolation
…and test positive, remain in isolation until symptom free for 24 h |
Immediately test (PCR) & isolate
…if negative, stop isolation …if positive, isolate for 10 d until symptom free for 24 h |
WECHU Outbreak Process
Vaccinated or Unvaccinated workers testing POSITIVE
- Isolate
- Day-7 Test
- If negative and asymptomatic, they may exit
- If they refuse the test it will be treated as a positive and therefore required to isolate for remainder or until asymptomatic (up to 20 days)
Unvaccinated – Close Contact
- Isolate
- Day-7 Test
- If negative and asymptomatic, they may exit
- If they refuse the test it will be treated as a positive and therefore required to isolate for remainder or until asymptomatic (up to 20 days)
Positive or Close Contacts
Vaccinated workers TESTING POSITIVE – isolate, day 7 test and remainder of isolation until symptom free (could be up to 20 days inclusive of the initial test)
- Those that are close contacts testing negative initially must isolate and test again on day 7. If this is negative, they can exit quarantine.
- Similar to scenario 2 (above), if they refuse the day 7 test, they must isolate for the extension of days until 20 have passed since the initial test.
