Thread by @CPHO_Canada

1/5 #COVID19 key concerns in 🇨🇦: With continued acceleration of infection rates in several areas + still rising hospitalizations & deaths, ↓ close contacts + keeping ↑ protections is everyone’s responsibility to save lives! #Everyday #COVIDhero
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2/5 The #COVID19 virus spreads from an infected person through respiratory droplets & aerosols created when an infected person coughs, sneezes, sings, shouts, or talks. Larger gatherings and indoor settings pose a higher risk.
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3/5 Droplets vary in size from large droplets that fall to the ground rapidly (within seconds or minutes) near the infected person, to smaller droplets, sometimes called aerosols, which linger in the air under some circumstances. #COVID19

4/5 This is why I am advising Canadians to try to avoid the three Cs: closed spaces with poor ventilation, crowded places with large numbers of people gathered and close contact situations where you can't maintain #physicaldistancing.

5/5 Also, keep your number of in-person close contacts as low as possible and consistently maintain proven effective #publichealth practices: Got symptoms? #stayhome; Always: #handwashing; #physicaldistancing & #MaskOn
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