COVID-19 Immunity Task Force

The COVID-19 Immunity Task Force (CITF) is one of the Government of Canada's early efforts to track the 2020 coronavirus pandemic.[1] An external, dedicated secretariat will help maximize the efficiency of the CITF's work.[2]

Task Force membership

The CITF Board is composed of doctors, infectious disease experts, and policy makers. Its charter members were five:[1]

The CCITF board expanded on 2 May 2020. Its additional members are:[3]

Purpose and goals

The CITF was to use a serology "to survey representative samples of the population for the presence of antibodies to the virus".[4] Trudeau's press release on 23 April 2020, on the initiation of the CCITF listed several goals it would help to achieve notably that it would:[2]

establish priorities and oversee the coordination of a series of country-wide blood test surveys that will tell us how widely the virus has spread in Canada and provide reliable estimates of potential immunity and vulnerabilities in Canadian populations.

References
  1. "WHO set pandemic response back by 2-3 weeks, says doctor on new federal task force". CBC. 23 April 2020.
  2. "Prime Minister announces new support for COVID-19 medical research and vaccine development". Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada. 23 April 2020.
  3. Letterhead of CCITF: List of Members - CCITF Leadership Group (Tweet photo from C. David Naylor)
  4. "Canada launches serological testing initiative to help manage COVID-19". McGill University Institutional Communications. 23 April 2020.
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