Ontario is stepping up efforts to find “reinforcements” for the health-care system as the number of COVID-19 cases climbs to new highs daily with almost 200 deaths. “If you have medical training, if you want to save lives, we need you,” Premier Doug Ford said Tuesday. That number includes two dozen workers at the 67-bed Pinecrest Nursing Home in Bobcaygeon, which has had at least 26 deaths. “There’s no time to waste,” Ford told a news conference, noting thousands have called or written the government offering to help. Ontario’s chief medical officer said medical students and foreign-trained doctors could do valuable case tracing of people who contract COVID-hotlines at overworked public health units across the province.

Source: thestar April 07, 2020 15:23 UTC