How are we going to handle a second wave?
It’s a question governments across the country are nervously contemplating as Canada eases into a summer downswing of the COVID-19 outbreak and prepares for a potential resurgence in the fall.
Canada’s response to a second wave depends primarily on how well we prepare right now, said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday. That means increasing testing in hard hit areas and containing any outbreaks that crop up.
“We know particularly in those areas that are still working to get the spread of the virus under control it is going to be important to increase testing now… but also make sure that as we move forward through the summer and into the fall, we are ready to act extremely quickly, so that the population at large won’t be in situations of having to go back into confinement,” said Trudeau. “But that depends on citizens doing their part, and also depends on having that testing capacity.”
There is an uneasy feeling among some provincial governments that people won’t react well to schools and daycares being opened and closed several times, even if that’s necessary to battle a second wave of the virus. A second round of stay-at-home orders will be an especially hard sell, especially in areas like Alberta and Saskatchewan where the economy was already in trouble.
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