China News Agency, Toronto, April 27 (Reporter Yu Ruidong) The Canadian health department said on April 26 that data showed that the situation of the new crown epidemic that has been rising for several weeks has finally changed.

The Canadian Federal Government announced that night that it would provide anti-epidemic support to Ontario, which is currently the most severely affected by the new crown epidemic.

　　Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer Tan Yongshi said in a press release that after implementing various restrictions in the hardest-hit areas of the epidemic, in recent days, Canada’s national Rt value (the effective number of secondary cases per infected case in the population) finally Drop below one.

This means that the continuous growth of the epidemic has been curbed.

On April 7, local time, a Chinese shopping mall in Toronto, Canada, customers took their temperature at the entrance.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Yu Ruidong

　　But Tan Yongshi also pointed out that with the exception of British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec, the Rt value of other regions is still above 1.

She also warned that there are currently more than 90,000 cases of mutated new coronavirus infection in Canada.

In some areas, the mutant virus has replaced the original virus as the "dominant".

　　Faced with the unbearable burden of the third wave of the epidemic on the medical system, Ontario, which had previously sought assistance from other provinces, replied that it refused federal assistance a few days ago and requested support from the federal government on the 26th.

The Canadian Federal Government announced that night that it would send military medical assistance teams and other personnel to Ontario and fund the Canadian Red Cross to support the province’s fight against the epidemic.

　　The Canadian Air Force will send up to three multi-functional medical assistance teams to Ontario in turn.

They are mainly composed of nursing staff, medical technicians, etc.

　　In addition, the first foreign aid team from Newfoundland and Labrador will arrive in Ontario on the 27th and will be on the front line of the fight against the epidemic.

Among them is the wife of the governor of New Zealand, an intensive care doctor.

　　Last year, the Canadian federal government sent military medical teams to long-term care institutions such as nursing homes in Ontario and Quebec to help control serious group infections.

More than 50 soldiers were infected with the disease, but all recovered.

　　The cumulative number of reported cases in Ontario currently accounts for 37.8% of the country's total.

The province has recently built multi-prescription hospitals to ease the huge pressure on the medical system.

Among them, the Sunnybrook Health Science Center, a large-scale medical research institution in Toronto, converted one of its parking lots into a square cabin hospital with a capacity of about 100 beds, and began to treat cases from the 26th.

　　Some cases of COVID-19 infection or even death have recently attracted public attention.

A 13-year-old girl in Brampton, Ontario recently passed away from the new crown pneumonia, becoming one of the youngest deaths in the province.

His mother and younger brother were also infected and are still receiving treatment in the hospital.

　　British Columbia officials confirmed on the 26th that a 2-year-old child died in January of this year due to infection with the new crown.

This is one of the youngest deaths in Canada.

　　Athlete Alex Kopacz, who won the gold medal in the men's double snowmobile competition for Canada with his teammates at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, was also diagnosed with the disease and was sent to a family in London, Ontario. hospital.

As he is battling the virus, he recently told the media that he has never felt that he is so close to death, and hopes that his example can convey the message of the severity of the epidemic to the public.

　　As of the evening of April 26, Canada had reported a total of approximately 1.188 million cases, with 7,204 newly added in a single day; approximately 1.079 million recovered cases, 24,024 deaths, and 85,178 active cases. The positive test rate is currently about 4%.

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