Women are leading Canada’s public health response to the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak
Source: Forbes
Judging by numbers of deaths from the COVID-19 outbreak in Canada, the country has been handling the coronavirus outbreak comparatively well. Less than 1,000 deaths due to COVID-19 have been reported in total, despite it being one of the first countries outside of China to report cases back in late January.
However, not everything is rosy in Canada and there are few positives to come from an outbreak in which hundreds of people have lost their lives. For example, around half of these deaths have been in long-term care homes, a national tragedy that shows few signs of easing anytime soon and there has also been justified criticism of testing capacity in Ontario, Canada’s most populous province.
But, one of these rare positives may just be that Canada seems to have some new heroes this spring. Perhaps surprisingly, they aren’t hockey players due to be playing in NHL’s Stanley Cup playoffs now, or members of the reigning NBA champions, the Toronto Raptors. They are Canada’s public health officials, the majority of whom are women.
Click here to read the full article published by Forbes on 14 April 2020.
Judging by numbers of deaths from the COVID-19 outbreak in Canada, the country has been handling the coronavirus outbreak comparatively well. Less than 1,000 deaths due to COVID-19 have been reported in total, despite it being one of the first countries outside of China to report cases back in late January.
However, not everything is rosy in Canada and there are few positives to come from an outbreak in which hundreds of people have lost their lives. For example, around half of these deaths have been in long-term care homes, a national tragedy that shows few signs of easing anytime soon and there has also been justified criticism of testing capacity in Ontario, Canada’s most populous province.
But, one of these rare positives may just be that Canada seems to have some new heroes this spring. Perhaps surprisingly, they aren’t hockey players due to be playing in NHL’s Stanley Cup playoffs now, or members of the reigning NBA champions, the Toronto Raptors. They are Canada’s public health officials, the majority of whom are women.
Click here to read the full article published by Forbes on 14 April 2020.
