OTTAWA At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) was not adequately prepared to respond to the surging demand for essential personal protective equipment (PPE), after failing to address decades-long issues with managing Canada’s stockpile of emergency supplies. This was the conclusion reached by Auditor General Karen Hogan in a report tabled in the House of Commons on Wednesday afternoon examining the federal government’s handling of procuring PPE in the lead up to and through the pandemic. “At the onset of the pandemic, PHAC lacked some of the systems and practices it needed to properly manage and operate the country’s stockpile of emergency equipment… As a result, it was not as prepared as it could have been to respond to the increased demand for personal protective equipment and medical devices that came from the provinces and territories,” read Hogan’s report.
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WINNIPEG COVID-19 pandemic hotspot Manitoba said on Tuesday it was planning to fly more critically ill COVID-19 patients to other provinces, as infections multiply.
A third wave reached Manitoba later than other provinces, which are now recording fewer daily cases and beginning to loosen public restrictions.
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But Manitoba’s rate of daily cases, 233 people per 100,000 during the past week, is highest in Canada and triple the national average, mainly due to the spread in the city of Winnipeg
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is shown at a news conference Tuesday in Ottawa in front of monitors displaying Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam, left, and Procurement Minister Anita Anand, right. Trudeau said his government is considering how best to help Manitoba, which is in the grip of a third coronavirus wave. (Blair Gable/Reuters )