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Pandemic causing more drowning deaths on open water, say experts
Title (Dublin Core)
Pandemic causing more drowning deaths on open water, say experts
Description (Dublin Core)
"A drowning prevention expert says the COVID-19 pandemic and Ottawa's record-hot July have both contributed to shifts in where people are getting into trouble on the water — and it might be time to change safety messaging.
There has been a string of recent drownings in Ottawa, and officials say the vast majority of them are occurring in open water, not at backyard swimming pools or supervised beaches."
"'That's why we're seeing a lot of river drownings. [It's] because of it being so hot, and accessibility to the pools is restricted,' said Wagg, noting municipal pools can only operate at about one-sixth capacity because of COVID-19 restrictions."
There has been a string of recent drownings in Ottawa, and officials say the vast majority of them are occurring in open water, not at backyard swimming pools or supervised beaches."
"'That's why we're seeing a lot of river drownings. [It's] because of it being so hot, and accessibility to the pools is restricted,' said Wagg, noting municipal pools can only operate at about one-sixth capacity because of COVID-19 restrictions."
sport, swimming, fishing, watersport, death, health, heat, heatwave, social distancing, emergency services
Date (Dublin Core)
August 6, 2020
Creator (Dublin Core)
Hillary Johnstone
Contributor (Dublin Core)
Hope Gresser
Type (Dublin Core)
Article
Link (Bibliographic Ontology)
Publisher (Dublin Core)
CBC News
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
News coverage
English
Public Space
English
Recreation & Leisure
English
Sports
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
swimming
fishing
water
death
heat
Ottawa
Ontario
Collection (Dublin Core)
English
Deathways
Linked Data (Dublin Core)
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
08/06/2020
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
08/16/2020
1/26/2021
This item was submitted on August 6, 2020 by Hope Gresser using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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