coronavirus are popping up in Canada, even as cases gradually subside.Since provinces have started to reboot their economies, recreational shopping has become an increasing concern for infectious disease and public health experts.
The outbreak at a Home Depot in Richmond Hill, Ont., is a prime example.“To have 14 staff members test positive, they’re clearly infecting each other.
It doesn’t surprise me if one clerk gets infected by a customer, because that’s just occupational risk. I wouldn’t point to that and say, ‘We’re doing it wrong,'” said Colin Furness, an infection control epidemiologist and assistant professor at the University of Toronto.“But when one staff person presumably infects a whole gaggle of others, there’s something.