One of the main problems, the Star found, is that the province’s integrated Public Health Information System (iPHIS) was — and still does — seriously under-report provincewide deaths due to COVID-19, particularly in seniors’ homes.
“There is massive room for improvement in how Ontario collects and reports data,” said Dionne Aleman, a professor of industrial engineering and CHE affiliate at the University of Toronto who models infectious disease outbreaks and pandemics.
Full article at: Toronto Star (May 31: Flamborough Review, IFP.ca, Mimic News, News Province, Our Windsor, St. Catharines Standard, Toronto.com, YorkRegion.com; June 1: FR 24 News, Muskokan, Orangeville.com, Royale Grande)
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