'I think that the feedback we have is that people are taking it seriously and there are exceptions and people are concerned about the exceptions,' Ottawa's top doctor said on Monday.
In plain language, that means limiting the number of people with whom you come into close contact and maintaining a distance of two metres from other individuals. not only wants to find out if people in the national capital are taking those directives seriously, but also how they’re managing to continue social distancing and what kind of challenges they’re facing.
To accomplish this, the public health agency is looking “a few different tools,” including polling, according to Etches. That could involve phoning people and surveying how they’re doing and what measures they’re taking. For example, Etches said health officials don’t want to see people gathering in local parks, which officials have decided to keep open for now.
As for self-isolation, the public health unit has received complaints from residents who claim their neighbours aren’t following orders to self-isolate for 14 days after returning from their travels, according to Etches.
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