From: Department of Finance Canada
Statement Ottawa, Ontario (April 9, 2020) Today, Finance Minister Bill Morneau and Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade, issued the following statement: Source from CBC News: Federal officials urged people to stick with public health measures aimed at slowing the spread of COVID-19 as they offered their first look at national projections into how the outbreak could unfold on Thursday — the same day that recorded case numbers in Canada topped 20,000.
Source: CBC news.
Ford announced that the first made-in-Ontario face masks are ready, one day after he warned that the province would run out of personal protective equipment in one week. From John Paul Tasker · CBC News · Posted: Apr 06, 2020
Canada's chief public health officer now says that wearing a non-medical mask can help stop the spread of COVID-19. Dr. Theresa Tam, the top doctor at the Public Health Agency of Canada, said today that Canadians can use non-medical masks in tandem with social distancing measures to limit the transmission of the deadly virus when out grocery shopping or at a pharmacy. The Government of Canada is working with provincial and territorial governments to respond to COVID-19. We are seeking volunteers to help in the following areas:
Canadians can count on their leaders working together as we get through this. Yesterday, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland and I spoke with Premiers again about coordinating our efforts on all fronts. This is a Team Canada effort. 🇨🇦
April 2, 2020 Ottawa, Ontario Today, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland spoke with premiers to discuss the evolving COVID-19 situation. The leaders discussed preparations and actions undertaken by the federal government and provincial and territorial partners to protect the health and safety of all Canadians and to support workers and businesses. Source from CBC News: Ontario Premier Doug Ford says his "patience is running thin" when it comes to the low rate of testing for COVID-19 in his province.
Rob Shaw, Vancouver Sun
VICTORIA — Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies has quietly donated a large shipment of protective masks for B.C. health care workers, Postmedia News has learned. The donation was accepted by the B.C. government late last week, but not acknowledged publicly when Health Minister Adrian Dix announced Monday the arrival of almost one million new masks. Hundreds of thousands of those masks, both simple protective and N95 masks, came from China through Huawei. Notice to General Public and Healthcare Professionals Health Canada is advising the public, as well as healthcare professionals (HCPs) to use caution when considering the use of homemade masks to protect against the transmission of COVID-19.
The Canadian PressApril 2, 2020
TORONTO — Ontario will release data Friday showing how many Ontarians could die from COVID-19 in various scenarios, Premier Doug Ford announced Thursday, warning that the projections will be hard to hear. Ford had resisted calls to release that modelling as recently as Wednesday, saying there were many different scenarios, but said medical experts will now provide a public briefing. "Over the next little while we will all have to make some very, very difficult decisions and you deserve the same information I have," Ford said. https://ca.news.yahoo.com/coronavirus-canada-cases-184926838.html
Total COVID-19 cases in Canada: 11,131 diagnoses and 130 deaths (as of April 2, 4:00 p.m. ET)4/2/2020
Authorities in Canada are working to contain the spread of COVID-19, which the World Health Organization deemed a pandemic in mid March. Provinces and territories around the country have ramped up their testing, leading to an increase in cases, but also delays in results that may not reflect the most recent measures that have been applied by officials and citizens, such as social distancing. Officials say Canadians have contracted the disease while travelling in other countries from all over the world. Certain cases in Canada, which are linked to travel, have led to human-to-human transmission between close contacts. There have also been of signs of community spread in provinces such as Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador.
Guidance from the WHO and public health officials in Canada say masks not necessary for asymptomatic people
Evan Dyer · CBC News · Posted: Mar 31, 2020 9:53 AM ET Science magazine had been trying for days to speak to the elusive George Gao, head of China's Centre for Disease Control and Prevention. When the magazine asked him if he could point to any mistakes that might explain why Western countries were struggling to flatten the coronavirus curve, he didn't miss a beat. "The big mistake in the U.S. and Europe, in my opinion, is that people aren't wearing masks," he said. "You've got to wear a mask, because when you speak, there are always droplets coming out of your mouth. Many people have asymptomatic or pre-symptomatic infections. If they are wearing face masks, it can prevent droplets that carry the virus from escaping and infecting others." Pride Parade, TD Toronto Jazz Festival cancelled as city has 793 cases
Muriel Draaisma · CBC News · Posted: Mar 31, 2020 3:09 PM ET Toronto Mayor John Tory says: 'This is not an easy decision to make, but it is necessary to protect the public and to save lives.' (Cole Burston/Canadian Press) Toronto Mayor John Tory says all major city events and event permits are cancelled until June 30 as the number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise. Pride Toronto's Festival Weekend, which includes the Pride Parade slated for June 28, and the TD Toronto Jazz Festival are among the cancelled events. CBC News: Ontario COVID-19 cases near 2,000 as schools set to stay closed until at least May3/31/2020
Ontario confirmed 260 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, bringing the provincial total to 1,966 as families learn that students won't be going back to class until at least May. The tally includes 33 deaths and 534 cases that are considered resolved. 291 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized, including 125 in intensive care units, 82 of whom are on ventilators. An additional 4,280 people are awaiting test results, while a total of 51,629 tests have been approved. By RENA LI in Toronto | China Daily Global | Updated: 2019-12-13 00:31
Scholars and leaders from the Chinese Canadian community called for world peace at a forum in Toronto to remember victims of the Nanjing Massacre. Eighty-two years ago, in December 1937, the invading Japanese Army slaughtered at least 300,000 civilians and Chinese soldiers who had already laid down their weapons, in what came to be known as the Nanjing Massacre. Statistics show there also were 20,000 rapes within six weeks of the Japanese occupation. |