Dr. Kit Young Hoon. Zoom Screenshot
New restrictions across Ontario are now in place as the province deals with a “dire” COVID situation.
Dr. Kit Young Hoon is the Medical Officer of Health for the Northwestern Health Unit and she comments on whether or not we should have been placed under the updated constraints.
“The province makes decisions based on what’s happening across the entire province. So at this time we are seeing a rapid increase in cases at a provincial level and this will likely have an impact on hospitals and intensive care units.”
She notes there is now a possibility of some patients being moved from southern Ontario to northern Ontario and that will impact our health care system.
As a result Dr. Young Hoon states, “For our catchment area. We are seeing case numbers are continuing. So likely there will be some benefit from public health measures across our catchment area. We are encouraging everyone to follow the stay-at-home orders.”
She also stresses following public health recommendations so we can rapidly decrease the number of cases we are having in our area.
