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News Snapshot: OTTAWA, May 6 (Xinhua) -- Canada's Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam said on Friday that indicators showed decreasing transmission of COVID-19 in many areas in the country. "While COVID-19 is still circulating across the country, current disease activity indicators, from daily reported cases to laboratory test positivity, indicated decreasing transmission in many areas," Tam said in a press conference, adding that wastewater data are showing signs of a potential plateau or post-peak decline in several areas. Currently, lagging severity trends such as hospitalisations are still elevated, but beginning to decline in some jurisdictions. Nevertheless, weeks of COVID-19...