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Canada: Medical officers of health are at work setting criteria on when physical distancing restrictions can ease up
BY , Apr 22, 2020 9:15 PM - REPORT AN ERRORLAST UPDATED ON Apr 24, 2020 3:34 PM
Chief Public Health Officer of Canada Dr. Theresa Tam arrives for a press conference on COVID-19 at West Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Tuesday, March 24, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Chief Public Health Officer of Canada Dr. Theresa Tam arrives for a press conference on COVID-19 at West Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Tuesday, March 24, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
The country's medical officers of health are at work setting criteria that from a health perspective could provide guidance on when physical distancing restrictions can ease up.
Several provinces are now considering loosening their lockdowns.
Chief Public Health Officer Teresa Tam says criteria that might be included are the rate of hospitalizations, new cases being reported daily and how the virus appears to be reproducing.
She says the special advisory committee on COVID-19 is actively at work on the details of that guidance now.
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