Canada’s chief public health officer is calling on Canadians to resist giving in to pandemic fatigue as novel coronavirus cases among young people surge across the country.
Canada’s chief public health officer is calling on Canadians to resist giving in to pandemic fatigue as novel coronavirus cases among young people surge across the country.
Dr. Theresa Tam, attending her first press conference since returning from a summer break, said the seven-day average number of new daily cases is rising again after falling earlier this summer.
Tam reinforced a message delivered last week by her deputy, Dr. Howard Njoo — that young people need to continue following public health guidelines to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
“The upward trend in daily case counts is worrisome,” Tam said Friday in Ottawa. “We know that we have the means to keep COVID-19 under control, but this is by no means a sure thing. It is going to take all Canadians doing their part and working together, with public health, to keep the curve down.”
Tam said the peak of new daily cases arrived in early May, when the average daily case count was 1,800. That number fell to 273 in early July but has crept back up to 487 in the last seven days.
I urge all Canadians, including younger adults, to not give into #COVIDfatigue. This is your generation and your future that is being shaped. Help each other, help us all – tell us how you are #COVIDC