COVID-19 health restrictions lifting, many Canadians are finally able to envision a return to normal life. But, as they face burnout, staff shortages and daunting procedural backlogs, some health workers say it isn’t so easy to move on.

Canada will scrap pre-arrival COVID-19 testing rule for vaccinated travellers April 1 Chhogala says she understands people’s desire to return to a more normal life.

But she also worries that health measures such as mask mandates are lifting too quickly, while there’s still so much to do to ensure the health system is ready for another wave.“A lot of people are probably really excited that they can go back to normal again, but I just don’t think that we’re at that normal yet,” she says.Chhogala, 36, says no health worker has emerged unscathed from the pandemic.They have had to watch wave after wave of very sick people struggle and die, she said.

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