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‘We are close to red,’ Dr. Vera Etches says as Ottawa adds 65 new COVID-19 cases

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COVID-19 database is showing an additional 65 coronavirus cases in Ottawa on Wednesday as the city’s top doctor warns the city may need to raise its virus warning level during the second wave of the pandemic.Dr.

Vera Etches, Ottawa’s medical officer of health, has ramped up the city’s enforcement approach amid a second wave of coronavirus through a new order that subjects residents to hefty fines if they do not respect self-isolation orders should they test positive for the virus, show symptoms, or be in close contact with another individual who has COVID-19.Asked during city council on Wednesday morning why OPH has not shifted its colour-coded warning system from orange to the more severe red, Etches said the one metric that remains stable.

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