Tag: TAM
High vaccine use urged by Tam, Njoo to beat COVID-19, restore...
OTTAWA — Canadians will need to roll up their sleeves and get vaccinated in large numbers to finally corral COVID-19 before life can return...
Plan for inevitable COVID-19 cases in schools, says chief public health...
OTTAWA — Canada's chief public health officer says families should expect to see cases of COVID-19 in schools as children head back to class.
It is important...
New models show COVID-19 progress but with ‘hotspots’ to monitor
OTTAWA — Canada's chief public health officer says the country appears to have largely gotten a handle on the spread of COVID-19, limiting transmission...
New Canadian modelling shows COVID-19 waning but relaxing restrictions still risky
OTTAWA — Canada's top doctor says the country has been successful at slowing the spread of COVID-19 but warns that relaxing public health restrictions...
Canadians should wear masks to protect others when in public: Tam
OTTAWA — Canada's public health experts are now fully recommending Canadians wear non-medical face masks in public when they aren't sure they will be...
Non-medical masks can help when physical distancing not possible, says Tam
OTTAWA — Canada's chief public health doctor says Canadians in communities where COVID-19 is still spreading should wear non-medical masks when they can't stay physically...
Learning to live with COVID-19 requires permanent fixes to vulnerable settings
OTTAWA — Canada's chief public health officer warned Monday there is still a lot we don't know about the virus that causes COVID-19, but...
Scheer refuses to acknowledge MP’s controversial criticism of health officer
OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer refused Thursday to address controversial comments by a member of his caucus who is also seeking to replace...
Canada’s top doctor changes position on use of face masks
By: James Burrows
For several weeks now the World Health Organization (WHO), the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in the US and the Canadian government...
Non-medical masks can keep people with COVID-19 from spreading it, Tam...
OTTAWA — Canada's top public-health doctor says wearing masks is a way for people who might have COVID-19 without realizing it to keep from...