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1/9 To stay healthy & prevent spread of #COVID19 we MUST use multiple prevention measures TOGETHER like keeping 2 metres away from others, frequent #handwashing, covering coughs… – we need layers of protection. #Olderadults #LayerUpCOVID
2/9 As #COVID19 research emerges, #Publichealth experts & researchers across 🇨🇦 critically evaluate the strength of new evidence before recommending safe ways to change practices. Prevention MUST be layered. #LayerUpCOVID
3/9 🇨🇦’s Special Advisory Committee on #COVID19 reached consensus on NON-MEDICAL masks/FACIAL COVERINGS’ use in public as an added layer of protection to help YOU PROTECT OTHERS by reducing spread of droplets, even before you have symptoms. #LayerUpCOVID
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4/9 ! MEDICAL masks MUST be conserved for healthcare workers & others in direct care of #COVID19 patients. Masks for public use mean only NON-MEDICAL masks & facial coverings (homemade cloth mask, bandana, common dust mask) #LayerUpCOVID
5/9 Wearing a NON-MEDICAL mask in public settings has not been proven to add any protection TO the person wearing it, but it can be an additional way to prevent spread FROM an infected person to others. #ProtectDontInfect #COVID19 #LayerUpCOVID
6/9 When #PhysicalDistancing is difficult to do e.g. while on public transit/ in a grocery store, a NON-MEDICAL mask/facial covering can help to: ↓ spread of infected respiratory droplets to others & ↓ contamination of surfaces. #COVID19 #LayerUpCOVID
7/9 Even if you have no symptoms―NON-MEDICAL/facial coverings masks need to be used IN ADDITION TO and NOT _in place of_ proven #publichealth practices like: #PhysicalDistancing, #WashYourHands, #CoughEtiquette.
#LayerUpCOVID #COVID19
8/9 ⚠️facial coverings are NOT appropriate for everyone. They could be a suffocation risk for babies & children under the 2 yrs; anyone w\ difficulty breathing or others unable to remove their mask by themselves. #ProtecttheVulnerable #LayerUpCOVID
9/9 This is a critical stage for #COVID19 in 🇨🇦. We can’t afford to relax proven #PublicHealth measures that protect YOU: #PhysicalDistancing #WashYourHands #CoughEtiquette & regularly disinfect high-touch surfaces. #PlanktheCurve
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1/7 #COVID19 key concerns in 🇨🇦: ongoing community spread, cases/outbreaks linked to high-risk settings and deep concern and sadness at increasing numbers of deaths reported.
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2/7 The majority of #COVID19 deaths in Canada have been among those aged 80 years or older. Keeping seniors safe is a critical part of what 🇨🇦 needs to do. #ProtecttheVulnerable
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3/7 Each day we are adding to our knowledge of #COVID19, keeping pace with the rapid growth of new scientific evidence as it emerges. This has been and continues to be critical to our decision-making. #Innovation
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Prov + nat’l public health labs across 🇨🇦 continue to test at a high rate, with #COVID19 tests now completed for over 273,000 people in Canada. Around 4% of these people have been confirmed as positive and 95% confirmed as negative, #TestandTrace
It is important to test the right people, at the right time, in the right place. 🇨🇦 has taken a strategic approach to testing, with provincial and territorial testing approaches that consider & adapt to the evolving epidemiology. #COVID19
🇨🇦’s strategy maintains a priority on testing severe hospitalised cases, healthcare workers, vulnerable populations & other individuals who may directly or indirectly spread #COVID19 to high-risk people/communities/facilities. #TestandTrace
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1/7 There is a lot of discussion on use of face masks. It can help to break the discussion into two main considerations regarding the TYPE of mask & the conditions for safe USE of masks in different circumstances/settings. #COVID19
2/7 MEDICAL MASKS for #healthcare workers in patient care settings is PRIORITY #1 – we MUST conserve these masks for use by & ONLY by #healthcare workers or others providing direct care to #COVID19 patients.
3/7 NON-MEDICAL MASKS (e.g. homemade face masks) may stop you from touching your nose and mouth. A non-medical mask could help maintain #coughetiquette by covering your cough if you are ill or have early symptoms of #COVID19. BUT BEWARE:
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