Working together to contain and manage COVID-19: CMAJ

Canada's federal and provincial governments have taken unprecedented measures to promote social distancing in the wake of the World Health Organization's categorization of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak as a global pandemic. Closing schools, banning large public gatherings and team events, and advising against travel are all intended to help Canada "flatten the curve" of the outbreak. Here, Laupacis asserts that we must work hard to ensure good communication and continuity of care. Furthermore, certain groups of patients who do not have COVID-19 will also need continuing care, although their regular clinics may be working below usual capacity. Clinicians will need to conduct more virtual consultations than before while uncertain about how to do so effectively;others may have to provide care that is outside their usual practice.