Dr. Eileen de Villa, Toronto’s public health chief, taking leave of absence for medical treatment.
The story behind the recent spate of Toronto-area school outbreaks of COVID-19 has been a tragic tale of missed calls, delayed results, and long hours — a tale that the province is trying to fix.
But with medical support so far limited to intensive care units, not enough beds, and a shortage of personal protective equipment, the public and the media are at risk of misinterpreting what was, in fact, a limited outbreak, which was then magnified by an overzealous media that exaggerated the severity and severity of hospitalizations.
The reality is that the province has been doing its best to contain the situation and mitigate the effects.
In a week when all of Ontario had the virus, there were fewer than 50 confirmed cases in the city of Toronto, and the total number of confirmed cases was lower outside of the city.
Dr. Eileen de Villa, Toronto’s public health chief, taking leave of absence for medical treatment.
The Ontario government has been doing its best to contain the situation and mitigate the effects of the virus, keeping the virus at bay in the city of Toronto and its surrounding areas.
Despite being at the epicentre of the pandemic, the province has so far made significant progress in keeping its population safe by limiting the number of new cases and hospitalizations.
The government has done this by using strict travel restrictions, keeping most people behind the wheel of the only car they will own for weeks, and offering people two weeks of paid paid leave and paying a $295-million tax credit to help mitigate the financial impact of the pandemic.
With the exception of the cases in Toronto, the outbreak is now in the hands of local health officials, who are working with hospital systems to determine the most appropriate steps.
Over the next several weeks, the province, which has been testing every case and will soon begin identifying people who have tested positive for COVID-19, will be closely monitoring the situation and making necessary changes to keep people healthy, and the province will continue to coordinate with the public health and hospital partners to help them get back to normal.
What will those changes look
