Trudeau says ‘normal’ may not return until Covid vaccine is developed in a year or more
It was a more sombre tone for the Prime Minister’s daily address today as Justin Trudeau talked about the latest jobless figures and the death projections for Covid-19.
With strong control measures, the federal public health agency projects that 11,000 to 22,000 Canadians could die of the virus in the coming months.
Short-term estimates are more reliable, predicating 500 to 700 deaths by the end of next week.
Trudeau said the models show the numbers could peak in the late spring and the first wave could end in the summer, but with further waves possible, he admits things may not get back to “normal” until a vaccine is developed in a year to 18 months.