Despite a run on fire pits and patio heaters, most policy makers are not expecting Canadians to dine outside in sub-zero temperatures. This coronavirus survives and stays in the air longer in cold, dry weather, he said - people’s mucous membranes are less effective at filtering it out and infection rates are much higher indoors. The greater concern is that Covid-19’s toehold is becoming a foothold just as the country begins its rapid slide through autumn to winter, said Colin Furness, an infection control epidemiologist at the University of Toronto. “There’s going to be difficult decisions for bars and restaurants” he added, as Quebec City and Montreal are about to be declared a “red zone,” the highest level in the province’s alert system. We’re going to ask for a considerable social sacrifice,” Quebec Health Minister Christian Dube said in an interview on Radio Canada late Sunday. Across the country, the spike in new cases is being driven by social gatherings among people in their 20s and 30s, fed up with social distancing and hoping to take advantage of the last weeks of warm weather.
Six months of restrictions left some Canadians just as restless as their counterparts in the rest of the world. Almost 95% are in the four largest provinces, with the greatest problems in big cities. Nationally, active cases have more than doubled since Sept. They flared in British Columbia, praised for its early handling of the crisis. In Toronto, the financial capital, many restrictions were lifted on July 31.Īs Labor Day neared, virus cases started to rise again. Provincial governments, which set the rules for most companies, allowed the vast majority of businesses to open up again, sometimes with capacity limits and new sanitation rules.
It’s a reversal of fortune for a country that avoided the summertime spike that hit the US As the pandemic got worse in Sun Belt states, a largely compliant Canadian population hunkered down and wore masks. Together our collective actions will decide if we face a wave or a tsunami,” Ford said Monday at a news conference during which he pleaded for residents to follow rules and get the flu vaccine - but did not move the province back to stage two.
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A group of hospitals called on Premier Doug Ford’s government to revert to stricter “stage two” measures in Toronto and Ottawa, which would mean restricting or closing indoor businesses such as gyms, movie theaters and restaurants. Ontario, the largest province with 14.7 million people, reported 700 new cases Monday, the most ever in a day, though it’s also testing far more people than it was in spring. Hospitalizations went up 26% in six days. The province has about 5,000 active cases, a 71% jump from the beginning of August, and is on the verge of closing bars and restaurants again in its two biggest cities, Montreal and Quebec City. Quebec, which has had more virus deaths than 40 US states, is an epicenter of the problem. Canada’s two largest provinces have warned they may have to lock down parts of the economy again after a spike in Covid-19 cases.
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