Canada's healthcare system 'very fragile', even as COVID-19 recedes, says official

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OTTAWA Healthcare systems across Canada are still very fragile from efforts needed to fight COVID-19, even as signs suggest a fourth wave is starting to recede, a top medical official said on Friday (Oct 15). Chief public health officer Theresa Tam said it was important for health workers to get vacc

OTTAWA Healthcare systems across Canada are still very fragile from efforts needed to fight COVID-19, even as signs suggest a fourth wave is starting to recede, a top medical official said on Friday .

"Everybody's exhausted. And if health care workers have to go into quarantine for example, after exposure, the system simply isn't going to be sustainable," she told a briefing."Our health systems are still very fragile." That said, COVID-19 is still posing serious problems in the western provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan, which lifted most restrictions in July only to see cases soar.

 

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