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They found that 75 per cent of community outbreaks in Ottawa were connected to workplaces, with most (38.3 per cent) associated with the service sector. The biggest recorded outbreaks were connected to an office workplace (42 cases) and a restaurant (18 cases), Menard said.
“In short,” Menard said, “workplaces are the most significant source of community outbreaks in Ottawa, and if we want to mitigate this source of transmission then we need to get serious about providing workers with the supports they need to stay home when they’re ill, such as paid sick leave.”
He said mobile vaccination clinics at those workplaces combined with provincial legislation affording employees paid sick leave would go a long way toward controlling the pandemic.
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