Ottawa's medical officer of health, Dr. Vera Etches, said Wednesday Ottawa's first confirmed case of COVID-19 is related to international travel, and there is no evidence of community transmission at this time.
Ottawa's public health agency is raising the alarm over its capacity to respond to infectious diseases as reported cases rise and become more complex to manage.Posted: Jun 08, 2024 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
This comes as the health agency outlines a dire picture of its resources in the midst of an increasing caseload. "Current resources are not sufficient to sustain the work efforts needed to meet objectives set out in provincial protocols,""Further strain is anticipated on the program as infectious disease rates are likely to continue to rise in 2024 and beyond."OPH says last year, it received 7,608 confirmed reports of infectious diseases excluding the flu and COVID-19.
In addition to challenges such as lack of access to family doctors and antibiotic-resistant cases , OPH says it's using an aging provincial reporting tool that's insufficient to meet reporting standards. Sulis noted the resurgence of vaccine-preventable infections like measles, which the report attributes to a pandemic-related decrease in vaccination coverage of young people in Ottawa.
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