Community Spread of COVID-19 in Canada Now Main Threat, Tam Says

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. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press

OTTAWA — Canada’s chief medical health officer Dr. Theresa Tam says overall in Canada, an equal number of Canadians who have tested positive for COVID−19 contracted the virus from travel and from transmission within their own communities.

But the trend is now turning toward community spread.