Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned Canadians that public health measures, including restrictions on indoor social gatherings, would have to continue for weeks to come as new Covid-19 variants, and a slow vaccine rollout, risk causing a dangerous third wave of the virus.
“We have to keep taking strong public health measures,” said Trudeau during a news conference Friday adding, “otherwise we could see a third wave that is even worse than the second or the first, and I know that’s not the news you want to hear.”
Canadian public health officials released alarming new modeling Friday indicating that even current public health measures will not be enough to contain a third wave if fueled by faster spreading variants of Covid-19.
“We need to make sure that, even as provinces look at loosening up certain restrictions, that other restriction are kept in, and there is an ability to … respond quickly when variants appear,” said Trudeau.
The new modeling underscores the fact that “variants of…