Canada's COVID-19 fight is being hampered by 'shockingly bad' data sharing, analysts say - News Summed Up

Canada's COVID-19 fight is being hampered by 'shockingly bad' data sharing, analysts say


That data includes how many positive COVID-19 cases involve doctors, nurses or health-care workers. (Michael McArthur/CBC)But Vancouver data analyst Jens von Bergmann says his attempts to access occupational data have been met only with frustration — and B.C. as perhaps the "most problematic jurisdiction" for providing "incomplete, inconsistent and, on occasion, seemingly contradictory" public health data. But provinces aren't legally required to share with the federal government the health data they collect and own. was sharing occupational data, but later corrected that statement and explained the agency received data for the month of June only.


Source: CBC News November 05, 2020 12:00 UTC



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