Through the chair, thank you to the member for hosting me in Peel and Brampton. It feels like a lifetime ago, but it was just a couple of months ago. In fact, it was lovely to meet the chief medical officer of health of that region, Dr. Loh, who is working so hard to protect the residents of Peel.
Of course we're there for Peel region. We've been working very closely with Peel region to support and augment the response to the pandemic and the growth of cases in Peel. It includes supporting the ability to have a safe isolation centre, something that Dr. Loh said would be particularly useful. This will be, I think, an important addition to that region, which features oftentimes large multi-generational families in really crowded housing conditions. We know that one of the primary routes of infection is other family members. This self-isolation centre that the region will facilitate and that the federal government will fund will provide an opportunity for people who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 and/or their close contacts to remove themselves from the family household and thereby reduce the spread.
We are also there for Peel region supplying additional contact tracers. We'll be there for them as well with additional capacities as required. We continue those conversations.