The vaccine continues to be a key factor in ending the pandemic, officials say, and the 26 people who tested positive from that single sporting event weren't vaccinated, even though they were eligible. Brent Moloughney, Deputy Medical Officer of Health
We can do more things, but not anything and everything. - Dr.
"I don't think it's so much around further restrictions, I think it's more for people's awareness," he said. He pointed out the government timelines for reopening are contingent on no resurgence of cases, adding European countries that lifted all their restrictions at once are now seeing a spike in COVID-19. Moloughney said we need to be a bit more vigilant now in order to have more freedoms later. Unlike previous holiday weekends, the Thanksgiving long weekend did not result in a big bump in cases - but it did "blip up" a bit, he said. The positivity rate also began to flatten after weeks of decline. He said Ottawa has a high vaccination rate - 90 per cent of eligible people have had at least one dose of the vaccine - and the total of known active cases continues to sit just north of 200. The doctor was careful not to sound alarmist. Moloughney pointed to the example OPH tweeted yesterday where a single sporting event, and a later social gathering, resulted in at least 26 people testing positive with almost 500 contacts at risk of being infected.
"Let me be clear: the pandemic is not over," Dr. As the weather gets cooler and wetter, driving more people indoors, Ottawa's deputy medical officer of health is reminding residents we can't slack off when it comes to taking COVID-19 precautions.
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