In September, Public Health Ontario was asked by the Health Ministry to provide advice on epidemiological indicators for the framework, said Dr. Shelley Deeks, the agency’s chief health protection officer, who also sits on the province’s health measures table. “That surprised me,” she said in an interview, adding that she stands by the thresholds PHO advised back in September. Deeks sits on the public health measures table as a representative of PHO, where she is executive lead of the public health response for COVID. But because the public health measures table’s advice to the province is confidential, she declined to share details of those conversations. Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading...“I think that the increase in restrictions or public health measures grounded in indicators is actually a really helpful thing,” she said.

Source: thestar November 12, 2020 01:29 UTC