1/3 #COVID19 key concerns in 🇨🇦: many jurisdictions are reporting record numbers of cases and the troubling rise people experiencing severe illness continues to grow. Course correction requires YOU + #PublicHeath action. canada.ca/en/public-heal…
2/3 We have a window of opportunity to act together with #PublicHealth to bring the #COVID19 infection rate down. Two things are being asked of us: 1️⃣ follow local public health advice 2️⃣ keep up individual protective practices.
3/3 As with our last effort to bend the curve, this won’t be a quick solution, but a test of our determination and endurance. With resilience and resolve, let’s focus on what we can do to protect our families, friends & communities. canada.ca/en/public-heal…
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1/6 As mentioned earlier this week, I am cautiously optimistic that safe and effective #COVID19 vaccines will be available in the first quarter of 2021, bringing us one step closer to widespread and long-term management of COVID-19. canada.ca/en/public-heal…
2/6 But there are still crucial steps to be taken along this path and it’s important to emphasize that when #COVID19 vaccines do become available, there will be a limited supply at first, which will continue to increase over time
3/6 This means that federal, provincial/territorial governments will have to make important decisions on how to use the initial limited vaccine supply. This is where 🇨🇦’s National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) comes in.
1/4 #COVID19 key concerns in 🇨🇦: disease activity continues to trend upward, with a 7-day avg. of over 3,200 new cases being reported daily now. Today’s largest 7-day % increases were reported by Manitoba, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan. canada.ca/en/public-heal…
2/4 Severe illness is also trending upwards nationally, with an average of 1,175 people with #COVID19 being treated in Canadian hospitals each day (incl. 223 in ICU) and 43 COVID-19-related deaths daily over the past 7 days.
3/4 #COVID19 protection practices are basic, doing them (always, consistently) is difficult/unrelenting, but the reasons WE MUST ALL DO THIS are more compelling with each passing day: to #SlowtheSpread, prevent ↑ severe illness...
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 canada.ca/en/public-heal…
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. canada.ca/en/public-heal…
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
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…
2/5 An average of 585 individuals with #COVID19 were in Canadian hospitals on any given day and 14 deaths were reported daily over the past week.
3/5 New cases in Ontario and Quebec account for over 80% of the cases reported nationally over the past week. BUT, no matter the trajectory of your jurisdiction, we must all remain vigilant and committed to protect one another. #StrongerTogether
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
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. canada.ca/en/public-heal…
2/4 #COVID19 daily case counts are increasing at an accelerated rate. Though Monday’s daily case count included over 459 weekend cases, 1,307 cases were new on Monday, bringing the latest 7-day average to 1,058 cases
3/4 Though some increase in #COVID19 cases was expected with reopening, the accelerated rate of epidemic growth is concerning and will escalate unless #PublicHealth AND individual precautions are strengthened + we work together!