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Medical professionals around Canada have been calling for stricter restrictions this week to curb the unruly spread of COVID in parts of the country. The Ijtervention is a limited intervention that could break the chain of transmission and give health-care and COVID management systems, including testing and contact tracing, some breathing room. But the definition of a circuit breaker lockdown can be quite fluid, says Dr. Alexander Wong, an infectious disease expert with the University of Saskatchewan.

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And the time frame on the restrictive period can vary as well. Manitoba, the province with the highest number of recent cases per capita, closed non-essential businesses and banned social gatherings earlier this week, while parts of Ontario and Quebec recently introduced temporary lockdown measures on establishments like gyms and restaurants. University of Ottawa epidemiologist Raywat Deonandan called all of those examples of circuit breaker shutdowns. If the goal is to alleviate pressure in hospitals and get contact tracing efforts back on track, Deonandan said a quick lockdown will help.

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And maybe you should be spending that buck elsewhere in a longer-term strategy. But it could last significantly longer, such as a strict lockdown in Melbourne, Australia which stretched past days before ending last month. Shorter circuit breakers have worked in parts of the world, and Deonandan pointed to a day shutdown in Auckland, New Zealand in August. A constant cycle of closing and reopening parts of society would also have negative impacts on the economy, says Karim Bardeesy, a public policy and economics expert with Ryerson University. An indefinite shutdown may be preferable, as long as there is some form of government assistance going along with that.

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There were about 5, cases on Thursday, a new national daily record. That would be especially worrisome if further cycles of lockdown periods are needed.

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