Ottawa Chief Medical Officer

• Ottawa mayor calls parties amid pandemic ‘idiotic’; bylaw team to enforce new group ban

  A team of Ottawa bylaw officers will enforce the province's new emergency order that bans gatherings larger than five people in order to curb the spread of COVID-19.

  Canada

  Mar 30, 2020
  
• 2nd death linked to coronavirus in Ottawa, local health unit reports

  The death is the city's first linked to a retirement home, according to the health unit. Twenty-one people are currently in hospital because of the virus.

  Health

  Mar 30, 2020
  
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• ‘A matter of time’ before Ottawa gets 1st travel-related coronavirus case: top doctor

  At this time, it's still "business as usual" for Ottawa Public Health and the City of Ottawa, Dr. Vera Etches said.

  Health

  Mar 2, 2020
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• Ottawa Public Health aims to answer coronavirus questions with new webpage

  There haven't been any confirmed cases of the new coronavirus in Ottawa, and no one has sought testing, either, the city's medical officer of health said Friday.

  Health

  Jan 24, 2020
• Ottawa Public Health gears up for consultations over consolidated health units

  The chair of the board of Ottawa Public Health says he will push to keep the agency as localized as possible.

  Health

  Jun 18, 2019
• Ottawa’s chief medical officer talks priorities as public health agency braces for change

  The Ontario government announced in its budget earlier this month that it wants to consolidate the province's 35 public health units into 10 regional agencies by 2021.

  Health

  Apr 24, 2019