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5 Oct, 3 tweets, 2 min read
1/3 Accelerated spread in parts of Quebec and Ontario remind us how rapidly #COVID19 can take hold. When case counts and the number of individuals potentially exposed are high, this places pressure on all parts of the #publichealth response.
2/3 #Publichealth authorities across 🇨🇦 are continuing to ↑ #TestandTrace capacity, but these resources have limits. At a certain point, reinstating some community-based public health measures is required to bring #COVID19 down to manageable levels.
3/3 We must also redouble our efforts to follow the other public health measures we know to be effective, regardless of where in the country we live. Learn more here about the actions you can take here: canada.ca/en/public-heal…

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1/5 #COVID19 key concerns in 🇨🇦: National daily case counts continue to ↑ steeply, with an avg. of more than 1,800 new cases being reported daily during the most recent 7 days. The number of cases hospitalized has also increased. canada.ca/en/public-heal…
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1/4 During the months of restrictions, schools, workplaces, businesses and other public settings modified spaces and implemented protocols and policies to reduce the risk of #COVID19 spreading. #COVIDLife #COVIDLiving
2/4 As individual Canadians, we likewise modified our behaviours and became adept at practicing personal protective measures including #PhysicalDistancing, good #HandHygiene, #CoughEtiquette & #MaskOn where appropriate.
3/4 The challenge now is to stay the course, no matter how weary we may feel, because #PublicHealth efforts are not enough on their own; keeping #COVID19 at manageable levels in #Canada DEPENDS ON ALL OF US. #SlowBurn #AllinThisTogether
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1/4 #COVID19 key concerns in 🇨🇦: today #GOC provided an update on COVID-19 #epidemiology in Canada as well as an update to the modelling we are using to inform planning and approaches for ongoing epidemic control.
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1/5 Here is a short check list of the top things we all need to be doing to improve our position on the #COVID19 defence and to get #Canada back on the safer #SlowBurn:
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3/5 Rethink your bubble. Limit your #ContactBubble to just the people who are in your existing household and/or your small, consistent and trusted in-person contacts. Smaller is safer. Quality over quantity. #COVID19
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1/4 #COVID19 key concerns in 🇨🇦: Today, in lieu of a daily in-person update to the media, I have issued a Thursday statement on the concerning ongoing increase in new cases being reported daily. See the full statement here: canada.ca/en/public-heal…
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