Current efforts to control the epidemic focus on keeping community spread at bay. The World Health Organization is calling on governments, health care and other institutions as well as individuals to prepare. Ontario's chief medical officer of health, Dr. David Williams, said the province is preparing for the possibility of community transmission. "The pressures on the health care system in terms of resources are likely to be similar," Kumar said. "Safety of health care workers right now is not negotiable," Johnson said.

Source: CBC News February 28, 2020 09:00 UTC