Toronto Public Health says it has halted contact tracing outside of outbreaks in what are called congregate settings because of a rapid rise in COVID-19 infections. "At Toronto Public Health, we're implementing this prioritization now." "The reason I am asking the Province to undertake additional public health measures is to drive overall case counts down. In the absence of stronger public health measures, hospitals and public health systems are at risk, he added. Contact tracing is a really, really important tool in public health to make epidemics go away or at least to constrain them," Furness said.

Source: CBC News October 03, 2020 20:51 UTC