OTTAWA—Dozens of health professionals from both the military and federal public service are being deployed to some provinces as the relentless third wave of COVID-19 in Canada continues. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says help is on the way to Ontario and Nova Scotia already and discussions are underway with Alberta. That includes 60 Canadian Armed Forces service members deploying to Nova Scotia to help out at COVID-19 testing centres. That province is reporting a record-breaking 96 new cases today, the day after the previous record was set with 66 new cases. Trudeau says federal support is paying for six nurses and three doctors from Newfoundland and Labrador, who will arrive in Ontario today to help in hospitals in the Greater Toronto Area. A second team will replace them in two weeks. And he says military personnel will be mobilized in Ontario in the next few days, after the Forces carried …
Military, Civilian Health Workers Heading to Hot Zones in Ontario, Nova Scotia
April 27, 2021
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