Montreal COVID Response Had Negative ‘Collateral Impacts’ on Population, Report Finds

Montreal Public Health Director Dr. Mylene Drouin gives an update on the Coronavirus situation in the city during a news conference in Montreal on Feb. 24, 2021. The Canadian Press/Paul Chiasson

The COVID-19 pandemic and the health measures brought in to limit it caused widespread collateral impacts that disproportionately harmed the most vulnerable, Montreal’s public health director said Tuesday.

Mylène Drouin presented a report on the city’s COVID-19 management that includes 11 recommendations to help it respond to future health crises more efficiently and equitably.