Barbara Yaffe

• Ontario’s associate chief medical officer of health calls current COVID-19 situation ‘dire’

  Dr. Barbara Yaffe's comments came as Ontario recorded its single-highest daily case count. The province reported 4,736 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday along with 29 more deaths.

  Health

  Apr 15, 2021
  
• Group of Ontario doctors calls for new indoor dining, gym restrictions due to spike in COVID-19 cases

  'The province must also ask non-essential businesses to have employees work from home and instruct universities and colleges to offer classes online,' the statement from the doctors said.

  Health

  Sep 24, 2020
  
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• Toronto to better track deaths of homeless people on city streets

  Toronto Public Health says it is improving the way it tracks the deaths of homeless people in the city.

  Canada

  Jan 10, 2017
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• Toronto hopes to learn from Vancouver in fight against growing fentanyl crisis

  Despite a lack of real time, up-to-date information on the "complete picture" of the fentanyl-driven opioid crisis in Ontario, Toronto is hoping to learn from cities like Vancouver to tackle the growing issue of overdose deaths by increasing access to antidote medication and bringing the issue "out of the shadows."

  Canada

  Jan 9, 2017