Thread by @CPHO_Canada

1/6 #COVID19 key concerns in 🇨🇦 right now:

2/6 #COVID19 cases continue to ↑ across 🇨🇦, w/ now over 7,200 cases. At any point in time, there are many others under investigation, awaiting laboratory results, or not yet tested.

#StayInsideYourBubble #SlowtheSpread #PhysicalDistancing

3/6 #COVID19 introductions into high-risk settings where vulnerable populations reside are a cause for concern. These enclosed & highly populated environments can accelerate the spread of the virus. We MUST #ProtectTheVulnerable.

4/6 #COVID19 outbreaks in high-risk settings incl. long-term care facilities, correctional facilities & vulnerable communities, can also result in devastating outcomes for persons with underlying medical conditions. #ProtectTheVulnerable

5/6 This is why a key priority of our #COVID19 pandemic response is to #ProtectTheVulnerable by preventing introduction & acceleration of spread in enclosed environments/high-risk communities.

#SlowtheSpread #PlanktheCurve

6/6 Reports of a 1st case of #COVID19 in Nunavik (Northern Quebec), new & ongoing long-term care outbreaks in several provinces & cases in a correction facility in Ontario are deeply troubling.

#StayHomeSavesLives #SlowtheSpread