Some 240 employees from Health Canada and the Department of National Defence are already helping Ontario with contact tracing
Ontario Premier Doug Ford said on Friday “all help is appreciated" from the federal government, and he continued to encourage people with COVID-19 symptoms to visit the province’s 144 assessment centres to be tested.“We’re going to continue focusing on tracing and tracking these cases. But the whole country’s on it right now," he said.
The Premier said Ontario will broaden its testing efforts this weekend to focus on seniors’ homes and asymptomatic and symptomatic health care workers. The province is also looking into potential “hot spots,” primarily in the Greater Toronto Area, and Mr. Ford said he wants truckers, taxi drivers, auto workers and others in the manufacturing sector tested.
Officials in Quebec have been in touch with about 500 of the 1,700 Statistics Canada interviewers, Dr. Arruda said.
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