The Medical Officer of Health for the Northwestern Health Unit is expecting additional coronavirus cases in our area this fall and winter.
Dr. Kit Young Hoon says that’s a time when respiratory illnesses tend to get worse anyway.
However, she can’t say if that’s when a second wave will hit.
“It’s hard to really predict of course exactly what’s going to happen. There is a lot of conversation about the fact that COVID-19 is going to be with us for a few years, maybe two to three years.”
Dr. Kit Young Hoon adds “It might come as a second wave or it might come as a series of small waves. I think that there is a lot of uncertainty. At this time public health, at a federal and provincial level, will be looking at what’s happening in other countries and providing us with support locally.”
