Canadians Need to Cut Contact by 25 Percent to Slow COVID-19 Spread: New Modelling Data

Canadians Need to Cut Contact by 25 Percent to Slow COVID-19 Spread: New Modelling Data
Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam provides an update on the COVID-19 pandemic during a press conference in Ottawa on Oct. 30, 2020. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
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New modelling data released by health officials on Oct. 30 suggests Canadians need to decrease their contact with others by 25 percent in order to curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus.

Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam said in a press conference that the curve is not flattening, and data from the latest model shows an upward projection of new infected and death cases if Canadians do not reduce their social contact by 25 percent.