Canada’s coronavirus curve is flat but worrying trends are emerging, particularly outbreaks in vulnerable indigenous communities, the country’s top medical officer has said.

Reuters quoted chief public health officer Theresa Tam as saying: “The Covid-19 curve is flat ... [but] we have to be very cautious going down the other side of the epidemic curve.

“Already on this path we have seen some worrisome transmission events emerging,” she said, citing increasing cases in remote aboriginal communities in several of Canada’s 10 provinces.