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Ontario government asks other provinces, territories to send nurses as COVID-19 cases surge
COVID-19 infections.In a letter to all provinces and territories, the Ontario government notes it is short thousands of nurses. Trudeau sending Red Cross to help Ontario amid an increase in COVID-19 cases The deputy minister of health, Helen Angus, also asks whether her counterparts have any resources to spare.Her letter says the pandemic has strained hospital capacity, particularly intensive care.Angus estimates Ontario will be short 4,145 nurses in the hospital sector alone over the next four months.