Canada must aim at stamping out COVID-19 spread: An open letter from doctors and scientists
Adopting a strategy of maximum infection suppression early in this epidemic such as was seen in Australia, Taiwan and the Atlantic bubble might have saved 21,000 Canadian lives
April 30, 2021 A 60-year-old COVID-19 patient fights for his life, desperately gasping for air as health-care staff provide life saving medical care in an emergency situation in the intensive care unit at the Humber River Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Tuesday, April 13, 2021. The patient was intubated and put on a ventilator successfully. (Nathan Denette/CP)
The authors of this commentary/opinion article are physicians and scientists with backgrounds in infectious diseases, critical care medicine and other health disciplines (details at bottom). Among them are internationally recognized university professors, clinician-researchers, former and current medical school department/sectional chairs
VANCOUVER Health officials have declared an outbreak of COVID-19 at Lions Gate Hospital after 16 patients and a staff member there tested positive for the disease. The outbreak is on the fourth floor of the hospital, in both the 4 West and 4 East units, according to a news release from Vancouver Coastal Health. The west unit is a sub-acute medicine unit and the east unit is an acute medicine unit, the health authority said. All non-essential visits to the fourth floor of the hospital have been suspended as a result of the outbreak, and the units are closed to new admissions and transfers, according to Vancouver Coastal Health.
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A nurse in Abbotsford is begging people to do their part to limit the spread of COVID-19, saying the amount of death she's seen weighs on her every day.