More Balanced COVID-19 Approach Needed, Says Ottawa’s Top Doctor

More Balanced COVID-19 Approach Needed, Says Ottawa’s Top Doctor
Dr. Vera Etches, Ottawa's chief medical officer of health, is seen on a screen as she participates in a news conference via livestream on Sept. 18, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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Ottawa’s Medical Officer of Health Dr. Vera Etches says the city needs to find a more balanced approach regarding COVID-19 and learn to coexist with the virus.

“I have written to the mayor describing the need for a new approach to the pandemic response, for the sake of the population’s health. We need to be learning to live with COVID, to coexist with COVID, with caution,” Etches said during a Board of Health meeting on Nov. 2.