Jul 2, 2020
York University's Steven Hoffman said while physical distancing and lockdown measures have drastically lowered the number of new cases and hospitalizations in Canada, they continue to rise globally — putting us at further risk. Isolating COVID-19 cases and quarantining contacts is necessary in the Americas in order to prevent further lockdowns, says the World Health Organization. "It's just very likely that so long as this virus is circulating around the world, it will at some point come back to Canada," Hoffman said. "Even if we eliminated it from our country."
Adam Miller, 'Could Canada avoid a second wave of COVID-19?', CBC
