TY - JOUR
TI - Canada’s multi-jurisdictional COVID-19 Public Health response – January to May 2020
AU - Bielska, Iwona A.
AU - Embrett, Mark
AU - Jewett, Lauren
AU - Manis, Derek R.
AU - Buote, Richard
AU - Manis, Derek R.
AU - Parikh, Manasi
AU - Speicher, David J.
AU - Agarwal, Gina
AU - Nartowski, Robert O.
AU - Finnegan, Heather
AU - Bandara, Thilina
AU - Hamilton, Clayon B.
AU - Moore, Emily
AU - Liu, Rebecca H.
AU - Roher, Sophie I. G.
AU - Lopatina, Elena
AU - Nguyen, Duyen Thi Kim
AU - Lawrence, Logan
AU - Lukewich, Julia
TI - Canada’s multi-jurisdictional COVID-19 Public Health response – January to May 2020
AB - 
	In late January 2020, the first COVID-19 case was reported in Canada. By March 5, 2020, community spread of the virus was identified and by May 26, 2020, close to 86,000 patients had COVID-19 and 6,566 had died. As COVID-19 cases increased, provincial and territorial governments announced states of public health emergency between March 13 and 20, 2020. This paper examines Canada’s public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic during the first four months (January to May 2020) by overviewing the actions undertaken by the federal (national) and regional (provincial/territorial) governments. Canada’s jurisdictional public health structures, public health responses, technological and research endeavours, and public opinion on the pandemic measures are described. As the pandemic unravelled, the federal and provincial/territorial governments unrolled a series of stringent public health interventions and restrictions, including physical distancing and gathering size restrictions; closures of borders, schools, and non-essential businesses and services; cancellations of non-essential medical services; and limitations on visitors in hospital and long-term care facilities. In late May 2020, there was a gradual decrease in the daily numbers of new COVID-19 cases seen across most jurisdictions, which has led the provinces and territories to prepare phased re-opening. Overall, the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada and the substantial amount of formative health and policy-related data being created provide an insight on how to improve responses and better prepare for future health emergencies.
VL - 2020
IS - Tom 18, Numer 1
PY - 2020
SN - 1731-7398
C1 - 2084-2627
SP - 88
EP - 105
DO - 10.4467/20842627OZ.20.009.12663
UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/zdrowie-publiczne-i-zarzadzanie/artykul/canadas-multi-jurisdictional-covid-19-public-health-response-january-to-may-2020
KW - COVID-19
KW - SARS-CoV-2
KW - Canada
KW - Public Health Response
KW - Health Federalism; COVID-19
KW - Kanada
KW - działania zdrowia publicznego
KW - federalism zdrowotny