Canada fears virus may swamp health system – Deniliquin Pastoral Times

Canada is planning for a “reasonable worst case scenario” in which new waves of the coronavirus would intermittently swamp the public health system and send the death toll soaring, officials say.Under the scenario, there would be a large peak later this year followed by a number of smaller peaks and valleys stretching to January 2022.Each peak would exceed the health system’s capacity.
The system has so far managed to deal with the outbreak but evidence shows that if it does suffer breakdowns, …

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