Canada will expand support programs to help people hit by Omicron: PM Justin Trudeau

Ottawa: Canada will temporary expand support programs to help people and businesses hit by the Omicron variant of COVID-19, Canadian authorities said while acknowledging that Canadians were fed up with the pandemic.

“We are adapting our measures to make sure that no one is left behind,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a televised briefing.

Theresa Tam, the country’s chief public health officer appealed people to take precautions, saying in a news conference that “the situation can rapidly get out of hand anywhere.”

Trudeau, revealing that three of his staff and another three members of his security detail had tested positive for the virus, said he knew Canadians did not want to be facing another threat.

Canada has 2,360 confirmed Omicron cases to date. Daily new cases jumped to 11,300 on Tuesday.