WATCH | Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam on a possible COVID-19 surge:Chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam says her team is striving for a best-case scenario but preparing for the worst: a so-called "fall peak" of COVID-19 cases across the country. But Health Canada won't say how many ventilators the country now has in total. Canadian Emergency Ventilators is still waiting for Health Canada approval before it can start shipping its promised 7,500 machines. Montreal's CAE received Health Canada approval for its new ventilator on June 17, and said that day it expected to begin shipping "hundreds each week." The final company, Vexos, was the last to sign a contract and had to submit its product to Health Canada as well.

Source: CBC News August 15, 2020 16:18 UTC