Tag: PHAC

Several months into the COVID-19 public health crisis, and with cases on the rise in some regions, the president of the Public Health Agency of Canada Tina Namiesniowski has announced she’s stepping down.

The president of the Public Health Agency of Canada has resigned amid a surge in cases of coronavirus in some of Canada’s most populous provinces.

As of this afternoon there have been 506 confirmed cases of Salmonella Newport illness in Canada linked to a Salmonella outbreak associated with onions.