Dr. Janice Fitzgerald, Chief Medical Officer of Health, will be available to media today (Friday, November 17) to discuss the launch of a new Respiratory Activity Dashboard.

A technical briefing for media will be held at 12:00 p.m. in the Department of Health and Community Services, Confederation Building, West Block. Dr. Fitzgerald will demonstrate the new dashboard for media, and then will be available to answer questions. Media planning to participate are asked to please arrive at the Visitor’s Entrance by 11:50 a.m. to be escorted to the department.

This new dashboard will integrate the reporting of all respiratory viruses, including COVID-19 and influenza. It will replace the previous COVID-19 dashboard.

As we have settled into life with COVID-19, jurisdictions across the country are beginning to align COVID-19 reporting with other respiratory viruses, including influenza.

Over the last three years, Public Health has adapted the way COVID-19 activity is reported to reflect evolving surveillance needs. The new way of reporting is a unified approach to respiratory surveillance. All respiratory virus activity will be accessible in one location.

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