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CHEO managing COVID-19 outbreak

April 29: This outbreak is now over.

April 21, 2022 - Ottawa - CHEO is currently experiencing an outbreak of COVID-19.  

An outbreak may sound scary. Here’s what it means. CHEO’s Infection Prevention and Control program, in collaboration with Ottawa Public Health, declares an outbreak when people (patients, caregivers, staff, and/or medical staff) on the same unit test positive for COVID-19 within a 10-day period where these infections...

Help us teach future pediatricians

Who we are looking for

CHEO’s Department of Pediatrics, which is part of the University of Ottawa, is recruiting interested patients and families who want to help with teaching our most senior residents.

What is a resident? 

A resident is a pediatrician-in-training who has finished medical school.  Residents complete four more years of training to become pediatricians.  At the end of residency, senior residents do an exam to qualify them to become full pediatricians.  We are recruiting...

Limiting the impacts of COVID’s 6th wave on CHEO patients and families

We know parenting has been even harder than normal during the pandemic. We are working to limit the impacts of the sixth wave on patients and families as much as we can. We want to thank everyone for their patience.

The number of staff, medical staff, learners and volunteers restricted from entering CHEO for COVID-related reasons is as high as it's ever been during the pandemic, which is unfortunately having an impact for...

COVID-19 household transmission is high, with children being a significant source of spread: study

OTTAWA, Canada – April 12, 2022 – A study released today indicates that SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) spreads extensively in households, with children being a significant source of that spread. Approximately 50% of household members were infected from the first-infected individual during the study period. Although kids were less likely to spread the virus compared to adults, children and adults were equally likely to become infected from the first-infected individual.   

The antibody surveillance...

COVID-19 on the rise again in Eastern Ontario: What you can do

This is a joint message from Champlain region’s hospital Chiefs of Staff and Medical Officers of Health

OTTAWA – April 7, 2022 – The level of COVID-19 in the Champlain region is on the rise. The COVID-19 wastewater viral signal is increasing in the region and is at record levels in Ottawa. In addition, test per cent positivity across the region is high and increasing, according to regional public health units.

In response, every hospital Chief of Staff and every public health unit Medical...