COVID-19 Weekly Update: May 8, 2020

The City of Ottawa’s weekly roundup of information regarding the City’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

May 8, 2020

Announcements and Events

What’s new

Welcome to the City of Ottawa’s weekly roundup of information regarding the City’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

City allowing greater use of greenspace in City parks.
Park Ambassadors are ready to help inform Ottawa’s park users.
Support local! ByWard and Parkdale Markets have gone digital.
Seeking Ottawa innovators to support public health efforts and stimulate economic recovery
City allocating $3 million to help local non-profit and charitable organizations
Community gardens are gradually re-opening
Please keep your old paint cans, aerosol containers, and disinfectants a little longer. Household Hazardous Waste Depot, scheduled for Sunday, May 31 at 1201 Trim Road, has been cancelled until further notice.

The latest from Ottawa Public Health

FAQ: Learn more here about where to buy non-medical face masks in Ottawa and how to wear them properly.
We know the pandemic is affecting kids’ everyday lives. Watch – Dr. Vera Etches answers kids’ questions about COVID-19.
This week is Mental Health Week. In times of crisis like these, it’s important to connect with others and know you are not alone. You can access mental health resources from Ottawa Public Health here.

In case you missed it

Pandemic or otherwise, there’s no putting the brakes on the City of Ottawa’s fleet: The work that maintenance supervisor Jason Scholar and his colleagues do is always essential, but never more so than when we’re in a state of emergency. Jason oversees crews of highly specialized mechanics who service the vehicles our firefighters and paramedics rely on to perform life-saving work.

COVID-19: Share your thoughts from home. We want to hear from you! What changes have you made to protect yourself and your loved ones from COVID-19? How easy it has been for you to receive and understand information from different levels of government? What kinds of supports you have accessed? We want to hear your ideas on how to maintain physical distancing into the future and much more.

When parents of three young kids both work in health care, navigating work and home during a pandemic is about taking it one day at a time: Like so many couples with young kids, paramedic Chris Mosher and public health nurse Geneviève Mosher are in the thick of it, trying to balance work and parenting throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. But the nature of their work means they each have a unique perspective on the public health crisis.