Top health officials to begin ‘actively’ looking for COVID-19 cases in Canadian communities

Winnipeg paramedics dressed in protective clothing and wearing masks guide a stretcher carrying an ill woman from a Westjet flight from Vancouver to a waiting ambulance at Richardson International Airport in Winnipeg on Feb. 27, 2020.Top Canadian health officials say they are going to start actively looking for COVID-19 cases in communities, as mounting evidence suggests that the new coronavirus will soon start spreading more freely in Canada.

The change comes as COVID-19 cases rise in more countries worldwide. U.S. health officials announced Wednesday what they believe to be the country’s first case of “community spread" of COVID-19, the name of the disease caused by the new coronavirus. Community spread refers to a case that is not linked to recent travel to China, Iran or other countries experiencing an outbreak.

Allison McGeer, director of infection control at Toronto’s Mount Sinai Hospital, said one of the main challenges in setting up an active surveillance system is ensuring laboratories aren’t overwhelmed and vital testing equipment is conserved.In an interview on Thursday, B.C.'s provincial health officer Bonnie Henry said she’s working with colleagues to determine what that active surveillance system should look like.

Dr. Henry said it’s unlikely that COVID-19 is already spreading widely in Canada, as existing surveillance networks likely would have detected that new pattern.

Japan, Australia, even China put restrictions on incoming flights from hard hit places. Canada should our mandatory 14day quarantine on people arriving from those places.

Begin? Are you serious?

You have failed us. What if this pandemic had a mortality rate of 15%? Mostly old people are at risk with this. What’s the mortality rate for seniors? We could be looking at hundreds of thousands of deaths. Do better.

Should have thought of all of this long ago instead of last minute reactive responses.

Should have done it sooner!

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