Ontario reports 4,212 new COVID-19 cases; 32 more deaths
Ontario reported 4,212 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday and 32 deaths, as some early signs hinted case growth may be slowing.
Ontario reported 3,469 new COVID-19 cases and 22 deaths on Tuesday, along with 4,447 new cases on Monday and 4,250 on Sunday.
The province’s rolling seven day average of new cases now stands at 4,326, up from 4,319 yesterday.
Top Canadian WHO adviser under fire after downplaying airborne threat of COVID-19
An influential Canadian doctor and top adviser to the World Health Organization has come under fire from international experts for his controversial comments downplaying the risk of airborne spread of the coronavirus.
Dr. John Conly, an infectious diseases physician and professor of medicine at the University of Calgary, not only denied that aerosol transmission is a primary route of transmission, despite mounting evidence to the contrary, but also said that N95 masks can cause “harms” — including acne.
“Any time you look at benefits, you need to look at harms, of which there are many harms with N95s — and I think to ignore them you are at your peril,” Conly told a panel discussion at the University of Calgary on April 9 on the role of airborne transmission in the COVID-19 pandemic.
