On March 17, the Ontario government declared a state of emergency due to COVID-19. A week later, it ordered non-essential businesses to close in order to limit the spread of the virus. RNAO CEO Doris Grinspun, who has participated in daily teleconferences and other high-level meetings with the health ministry since January, had been urging these actions for weeks. Grinspun has also been urging the public to stay home and practise social distancing. “That is the only way we can slow the spread…and flatten the curve, so that the system doesn’t crumble in front of us,” she said (see various media interviews HERE). Communication has been vital at this challenging time, and Grinspun has been sending daily update reports to all members, Best Practice Spotlight Organizations (BPSO), and other stakeholder groups with up-to-the-minute information from local, national and international sources. These updates are now being offered on a blog. RNAO has also mobilized RNs, NPs and nursing students’ knowledge and skills to confront the outbreak through VIANurse.