Our Window to Flatten the COVID 19 Curve Is Narrow, Says Canada’s Top Public Health Officer

Our Window to Flatten the COVID 19 Curve Is Narrow, Says Canada’s Top Public Health Officer
Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam speaks during a news conference on COVID-19 in Ottawa on March 15, 2020. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
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Dr. Theresa Tam raised the risk level associated with the growing COVID-19 pandemic on Sunday even as retailers and top politicians reassured Canadian that any restrictive measures would not result in shortages of food or other basics.

Both the Retail Council of Canada and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said supplies of groceries and other basics would continue to flow even if the outbreak of the novel coronavirus triggered widespread store or border closures.