Transport Canada has announced that effective immediately, they will assume responsibility for initiating and coordinating the COVID Rapid Response Team (RRT). When activated, the RRT will bring together key decision makers in Federal Departments, agencies, and marine industry stakeholders to coordinate the response to a suspected case of COVID-19 in a ship. The RRT includes representatives’ organizations across the maritime industry. Effective immediately, a ship or its agent can report an onboard illness by telephone or email to the Marine Security Operations Centre at +1 (250) 363-4850 and marsecw@tc.gc.ca.
