Canada says fourth COVID surge can be limited with vaccinations, slow reopening

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Canada must vaccinate as many people as possible and cautiously relax public health measures as COVID-19 case numbers creep higher at the start of ...

Single mother Lizbeth Leon Adame, from Mexico, gets a COVID-19 vaccine as her daughter Lizbetha watches at a clinic planned for and organised by the Latino community, an ethno-racial group more at risk of hospitalisation from coronavirus disease according to city of Toronto data, in Toronto, Canada, on May 15, 2021.

Separately, Canada extended by about a month its main pandemic support measures, including subsidies for businesses to pay wages and rent, to Oct 23. Earlier on Friday, Statistics Canada said economic growth jumped 0.7 per cent in June as businesses reopened following the third wave.If health restrictions are relaxed too quickly before more of the population is fully vaccinated,"we could expect to see a sharp resurgence by the end of the summer", Tam said.

 

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