1-800-267-3390Health-care professionals across the provinces and territories are united in their efforts to provide Canadians infected with COVID-19 with safe, accessible, and timely medical attention. At the same time, Canadians continue to require the advice of health-care professionals to meet their day-to-day medical needs. Virtual care technologies (such as videoconferencing, virtual care apps messaging apps, telephone advice, etc.) can play an important role in the current pandemic by keeping patients with non-urgent medical needs away from higher risk areas while also complying with requirements for social distancing.