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Canada prepares pandemic response plan as coronavirus cases continue to climb
Kathleen Harris ? CBC News ? Posted: Feb 24, 2020 2:35 PM ET | Last Updated: 14 minutes ago
Canada is preparing to respond to a possible pandemic as the number of coronavirus cases continues to climb around the globe.
Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam said the global threat posed by the novel coronavirus, now called COVID-19, is evolving fast. While the outbreak continues to be contained mostly to the epicentre in Hubei, China, she noted that the virus is spreading now at the community level, person-to-person, in several other countries.
"These signs are concerning, and they mean that the window of opportunity for containment ... for stopping the global spread of the virus, is closing," Tam told reporters in a teleconference Monday.
"It also tells countries like Canada, that have been able to manage and detect cases so far, that we have to prepare across governments, across communities, and as families and individuals, in the event of more widespread transmission in our community."...
Canada prepares pandemic response plan as coronavirus cases continue to climb
Kathleen Harris ? CBC News ? Posted: Feb 24, 2020 2:35 PM ET | Last Updated: 14 minutes ago
Canada is preparing to respond to a possible pandemic as the number of coronavirus cases continues to climb around the globe.
Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam said the global threat posed by the novel coronavirus, now called COVID-19, is evolving fast. While the outbreak continues to be contained mostly to the epicentre in Hubei, China, she noted that the virus is spreading now at the community level, person-to-person, in several other countries.
"These signs are concerning, and they mean that the window of opportunity for containment ... for stopping the global spread of the virus, is closing," Tam told reporters in a teleconference Monday.
"It also tells countries like Canada, that have been able to manage and detect cases so far, that we have to prepare across governments, across communities, and as families and individuals, in the event of more widespread transmission in our community."...