1/5 Healthy environments isn’t a new concept in #publichealth. Over the last century, improving sanitation, infrastructure planning, and addressing residential overcrowding reduced infectious disease rates in Canada and elsewhere.
2/5 Even now, in the midst of the #COVID19 pandemic, we see examples of municipal leadership adapting city infrastructure in ways that encourage outdoor social and physical activities. #HealthyCommunities #BuiltEnvironment #BuildUp
3/5 During #COVID19 many communities have closed selected streets to traffic, allowing pedestrians and cyclists to exercise outdoors safely. #HealthyCommunities #BuiltEnvironment #Innovation
4/5 Restaurants, bars, and cafes with outdoor seating were permitted patio expansions to ensure patrons are able to safely dine at least two meters apart. #PhysicalDistancing #HealthyCommunities #BuiltEnvironment
5/5 These changes to our #BuiltEnvironment during #COVID19 help us to be socially together, while remaining physically apart so when we are in public spaces, we are supported in following #publichealth guidance.
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