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Ottawa's top doctor urges residents to prepare for possible 'wave' of COVID-19 cases
Josh Pringle
CTVNewsOttawa.ca Reporter
Published Wednesday, February 26, 2020 8:26AM EST Last Updated Wednesday, February 26, 2020 8:28AM EST
... Etches is urging Ottawa residents to prepare at home and at work for a possible spike in cases, including stocking up on medications and non-perishable foods.
“If there was a lot of illness in our community, it helps the health care system if we can slow down that transmission of the virus so not everyone is sick at once.”
Etches adds “for the average person, think about what you can do to plan ahead, to have care plans if your child got sick, if your partner got sick, if you have an older adult in your community who’s isolated, to be thinking about those people who may need support to get through a viral illness.”
Etches adds there is no need to panic about the COVID-19 virus, “this is a chance, an opportunity, to prepare slowly for a time when we might have more respiratory virus in our community.”...
Ottawa's top doctor urges residents to prepare for possible 'wave' of COVID-19 cases
Josh Pringle
CTVNewsOttawa.ca Reporter
Published Wednesday, February 26, 2020 8:26AM EST Last Updated Wednesday, February 26, 2020 8:28AM EST
... Etches is urging Ottawa residents to prepare at home and at work for a possible spike in cases, including stocking up on medications and non-perishable foods.
“If there was a lot of illness in our community, it helps the health care system if we can slow down that transmission of the virus so not everyone is sick at once.”
Etches adds “for the average person, think about what you can do to plan ahead, to have care plans if your child got sick, if your partner got sick, if you have an older adult in your community who’s isolated, to be thinking about those people who may need support to get through a viral illness.”
Etches adds there is no need to panic about the COVID-19 virus, “this is a chance, an opportunity, to prepare slowly for a time when we might have more respiratory virus in our community.”...