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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."
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)

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/drowning-prevention-ottawa-change-focus-1.5676181?cmp=rss
https://web.archive.org/web/20200816161408/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/drowning-prevention-ottawa-change-focus-1.5676181?cmp=rss

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)

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Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

08/06/2020

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

08/16/2020
1/26/2021

Item sets

Covid 19
Canada

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