The third wave of COVID-19 hits Canada
Experts say it will be more devastating than the previous two.
As many café porches reopen in hotspots across Ontario and vaccines spread across the country, doctors are preparing for the impact of the third wave of pandemic COVID-19.
The Ontario doctor is not surprised by another rise in cases, since restrictions in the province were loosened in February, and once new mutations of the virus established themselves in the country, he realized that a third wave of the pandemic was only a matter of time. This wave could be the worst yet, he said.
On Monday, Ontario's chief medical officer made the official announcement that the province is "hitting" the third wave. Other provinces, such as Alberta and British Columbia, have been slow to make such announcements as the numbers continue to rise.
"I think it's impossible to avoid the third wave, which will probably be worse than the first two," said infectious disease specialist Dr. Abdu Sharkawi.
"Many of us felt it was inevitable," he said. — That's pretty much another trap this pandemic can present to us. That's why we call these stages waves: at first it seems like the worst is over, and then things start to pick up in a negative way."
This time, he said, experts are observing that the virus is hitting harder where it was previously handled well.
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