Coronavirus tracker: Follow the pace of COVID-19 cases, vaccinations in Canada. Follow the pace of COVID-19 cases, vaccinations in Canada. "Further lifting of the public health measures would cause the epidemic to re-surge rapidly and strongly," Tam said. "And current community-based public health measures will be insufficient to control rapid growth and resurgence as forecast." "These are difficult but necessary decisions in order to protect against COVID-19 variants and maintain the progress we have all made together.

Source: CBC News February 19, 2021 21:00 UTC