Huy Hao Dao – a Public Health Physician in Montreal, Canada – passed away on 16 April 2020 due to COVID-19. Huy was 44 years old.
Dr. Huy Hao Dao, worked at the public health authority for the Montérégie region and was also a professor in the department of community health sciences at the University of Sherbrooke in Longueuil, Que.
Between 2016 and 2017, Dao worked for Quebec's public health institute (INSPQ), which is leading the fight against the spread of the coronavirus.
Dr. Horacio Arruda, Quebec's public health director, confirmed the death at the province's daily briefing on the pandemic .Without identifying Dao by name, Arruda said the doctor had not been in contact with patients. Arruda said if nothing else, the death should serve as a reminder that "the virus can hit anywhere."
"It tells us we are all vulnerable, and it's important to respect the rules," he said.
"This health-care worker did not work in hospital or long-term care facilities — he got the disease somewhere else," Arruda said.
Source: CBC