Canadians are being urged by the federal and provincial government to stay at home. “We need to make the right choices and we need to make them now,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on March 17, 2020, in a press conference.
According to leading health officials, physical distancing is Canada’s greatest tool in ‘flattening the curve’ of COVID-19. “We have a few more weeks to go.
Our goal is to have these restrictions that we’ve put in place and the orders that we have put our place for as short a time as possible,” said Dr.
Bonnie Henry, B.C.’s provincial health officer. Here in the Okanagan, though, it appears not everyone is completely understanding the concept. “It’s disappointing because we know how serious this health threat is.