Contact-tracing app just ‘one layer’ of COVID response, says top doc, as Quebec shelves plans for rollout

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he would appeal to Quebec Premier François Legault to reconsider his province’s position: 'Just do it. It protects everyone.'

Chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam, pictured in West Block on Aug. 14, says 'we want as many Canadians to be participating as possible.'The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY PALAK MANGAT

August 25, 2020

Canadian health officials say the feds’ COVID-19 alert app is just one measure in Ottawa’s toolbox for fighting the pandemic, as the Quebec government opts to tell its residents not to d...

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