"Our members were shocked," said Brent Daechsel, a veteran paramedic and interim president of the union local for the County of Renfrew Paramedic Service. The paramedic service has also started contract tracing back to patients, Nolan said, at the same time. Brent Daechsel said members of the paramedic service were 'shocked' when the box was found among their mask supply. Masks an ongoing concernRenfrew public health officials have asked Ontario Health to identify where the non-medical grade masks came from and assess their safety. With that supply of surgical masks now called into question, County of Renfrew paramedics are now using the N95 on all calls "until the whole thing is sorted," according to Nolan.

Source: CBC News June 11, 2020 01:27 UTC