Military, Civilian Health Workers Heading to Hot Zones in Ontario, Nova Scotia

Health-care staff get ready to prone a woman, 47, who has COVID-19 and is intubated on a ventilator in the intensive care unit at the Humber River Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic earlier this month in Toronto. Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press

OTTAWA—Dozens of health professionals from both the military and federal public service are being deployed to some provinces as the relentless third wave of COVID-19 in Canada continues.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says help is on the way to Ontario and Nova Scotia already and discussions are underway with Alberta.