Coronavirus

COVID-19 Outbreaks in the Workplace

The Agenda with Steve Paikin

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Toronto Public Health announced it will begin publishing COVID-19 outbreaks in workplaces in order to give a better indication of how the virus is spreading. To discuss the implications of this decision we welcome Martha Fulford, associate professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases at McMaster University; and Victoria Arrandale, assistant professor, Occupational & Environmental Health Division, Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto.
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