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355 cases of the UK COVID-19 variant, 25 of the South Africa variant detected in Canada: Dr. Theresa Tam
BY , Feb 9, 2021 9:24 PM - REPORT AN ERROR
Chief Public Health Officer of Canada Dr. Theresa Tam arrives for a press conference on COVID-19 at West Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Tuesday, March 24, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Chief Public Health Officer of Canada Dr. Theresa Tam arrives for a press conference on COVID-19 at West Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Tuesday, March 24, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Dr. Theresa Tam
The country's top doctor says the daily rate of COVID-19 cases across the country is down to an average of 3,500.
Doctor Theresa Tam says that's less than half the number reported in early January.
But while declining case counts, hospitalizations and deaths are reassuring, she says we must continue to be cautious.
Doctor Tam says while it's normal for variants to emerge as viruses continuously evolve, these are a concern because they are known to spread more easily and there's the possibility that current vaccines won't offer protection.
Tam says with 355 cases of the UK variant, 25 of the South Africa variant and now one case of the variant that originated in Brazil in the country, the risk is very clear.
And Doctor Tam says provinces must tread carefully in reopening businesses in light of the new, stronger variants.
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