However, as cases rise, some are concerned that those focused measures won't happen fast enough to keep schools and workplaces safe and avoid overwhelming the health-care system. "We have to have these measures happening where the background COVID prevalence or COVID rates are higher than in other places." "I think we will address the flare-ups that are happening in particular places as needed," he said. Instead, Muhajarine anticipates a more focused strategy for public health measures this fall, including a regional approach to mandatory mask wearing, social distancing, and proof-of-vaccination documents in areas where COVID-19 numbers are high. "I don't think that we would be hurrying to issue a stay-at-home order in our provinces," Muhajarine told Brian Goldman, host of White Coat Black Art and The Dose. In some areas, they've reached levels that prompted public-health restrictions during the second and third wave, raising the question of whether fall will bring yet another lockdown or set of stringent public health measures across the country.īut Canada's vaccination rate means this fall is different from fall of 2020, says Nazeem Muhajarine, professor of community health and epidemiology in the College of Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon.
As kids head back to classrooms and some companies look at bringing employees back into offices, the delta-driven fourth wave of the pandemic has continued to grow, with case numbers rising sharply across western Canada.
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