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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau commented on the amount of incorrect information circulating about COVID-19 and the government’s response, adding claims that there will be coronavirus internment camps in Canada.
The rumor began the Question Period on October 7, when Ontario MPP Randy Hillier asked if quarantine sites for incoming travelers who do not have other quarantined posts deserve to be changed to “internment camps. “
The rumor has spread from the false accusation, which debuted through Trudeau today.
“We have noticed an accumulation of concerted efforts in recent years around incorrect information and incorrect information on a wide variety of issues, designed to undermine other people’s confidence in their institutions, in their democracies,” Trudeau said. “Some are foreign actors who take a look at successful democracies, others are other people with extremist agendas. “
“As a government, we will have to remain strong, especially in a public fitness crisis where the most productive thing Canadians can do is pay attention to experts, pay attention to doctors.
The Prime Minister added that there is “huge noise and destructive misinformation” on the Internet, but Canadians will have to continue to rely on reliable information resources, such as Canada’s Director of Public Health and regional fitness authorities.
Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s Director of Public Health, said that erroneous data and erroneous data do not help public aptitude officials and that the collective formula has tried, by means, to provide credible data to the public.
“I think there’s a component for almost everyone,” Dr. Tam said. “There is a role for reporters in this room to help reveal the kind of tactics and movements that are at stake, adding bots and other facets of what’s happening in people’s areas. Social networks”.
He added that social media platforms also have a role to play, which have put measures in place such as directing others to credible sites if others use safe studies and getting rid of “outrageous” misinformation.
Dr. Tam noted that when other people consult information, they want to wonder where they come from and whether they are credible.
“Be it media and science,” Canada’s Director of Public Health said.
Anticipating a viable COVID-19 vaccine, Dr. Tam said Canada will need to “immunize the population opposed to [misdata and misdata] before the vaccine arrives. “This includes providing data on security measures and rigorous regulatory processes.
He added that it is also vital to better understand why other people disseminate incorrect information and incorrect information.
Ontario reported on Tuesday 821 new cases of COVID-19, the highest overall since exceeding 900 cases in early October. The province has also known 3 other deaths by COVID-19.
Of the new cases, 327 are in Toronto, 136 in Peel, 64 in York and Ottawa.
Ontario reports 821 cases of COVID19, while more than 24,000 tests have been conducted. Locally, there are 327 new cases in Toronto, 136 in Peel, 64 in the York region and 79 in Ottawa. There are 628 other cases solved.
– Christine Elliott (@celliottability) October 20, 2020
The province has conducted 24,049 tests in more than 24 hours and 24,129 tests are still under investigation.
At a press conference Tuesday, Ontario Prime Minister Doug Ford said the low check rate is due to a minimisation in the number of others who reviewed COVID-19.
Lately there are 274 other people in Ontario hospitals with COVID-19, 72 in the ICU and 628 other cases are resolved.
A total of 87 long-term care homes in the province report outbreaks, with a new outbreak reported Tuesday, with 197 cases of citizens and 249 employees.
Ontario has reported 121 new school-related COVID-19 cases, 75 are students, 22 are workers, and 24 have been identified.
When asked about the province’s resolve to reopen dance studios at COVID-19 access points, Ford said that elegance differs from boutique fitness studios because participants are like “cohorts” who come for their elegance and then leave, “not very different” from the surroundings.
The prime minister added that the province is “reviewing” regulations for those small fitness stores, but the comparison is between apples and oranges.
The Quebec government reported 877 new instances of COVID-19 on Tuesday, a minimum of 1,038 instances reported the previous day.
The province has also shown five more deaths in COVID-19 in the last 24 hours with 33 more people in Quebec hospitals since yesterday’s report, bringing the total to 565, and another 8 people in the ICU or one hundred others overall.
There are 272 in the Quebec City area, 193 in Montreal and 174 in Montérégie.
At a press conference on Tuesday, Prime Minister Francois Legault said cases have been “stabilized” for more than three weeks and under pressure that other people will have to worry about taking care of their intellectual and physical health during the pandemic. one hundred employees for its 811 intellectual conditioning facilities and plans to rent 300 more.
Prince Edward Island reported a new case of COVID-19 on Tuesday, with a woman in her 20s running in rotation who traveled from Edmonton to Charlottetown in Air Canada, Toronto on October 13, on flights 162 and 7460.
When he first took the test, between day 0 and the day of his arrival, he tested negative for COVID-19, but in a moment test, between the fourth and seventh days, he tested positive.
Dr. Heather Morrison, public fitness officer at IP, said at a news convention Tuesday that the incident shows that “a negative check reflects a moment in time. “
“The tests don’t replace self-deasure,” Dr. Morrison said. “The testing and isolation needs for staffArray . . . are in place and will have to be respected. “
The provincial public fitness officer also spoke about the difference between influenza and COVID-19. Dr. Morrison said symptoms such as fever, chills, cough, shortness of breath, fatigue, sore throat, muscle pain and headache are not unusual between the two.
COVID-19 can cause loss of smell, which is expressed in this specific virus.
Dr. Morrison claimed that viruses, when they come into close contact with an inflamed person, are transmitted through droplets when they talk, sneeze or cough. He added that COVID-19 is more contagious than influenza and has caused more extraordinary events.
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