Top doc cautions against getting ahead of review into Canada’s public health threat alert system

Health Minister Patty Hajdu says 'no one at the political level knew' the network's international focus had been 'sidelined,' calling it 'an administration decision.'

Chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam, pictured Aug. 14, says a review into the decision to sideline the country's early warning system will help to 'strengthen things as needed.'The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY PALAK MANGAT

September 11, 2020

Canada’s chief public health officer says she will wait for the findings of an upcoming review before commenting on who bears responsibility for sidelining the country’s pandemic early warning system. Speaking to reporters in the afternoon of Sept. 11, Dr. Theresa Tam said she looks forward to ...

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