mask mandate

• COVID-19: 3 Health units ask Ontario’s top doctor to reinstate temporary provincewide mask mandate

  Doctors Thomas Piggott, Mustafa Hirji and Shanker Nesathurai expressed concern over the number of COVID-19 cases and asked for a return of an Ontario-wide mask mandate.

  Health

  May 5
  
• Masks required in TVDSB schools until local health units say otherwise: Trustee

  A tweet by a Thames Valley District School Board (TVDSB) Trustee suggests that masking is still required by staff and students until local health units say otherwise.

  Education

  Apr 24
  
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• Ontario’s mask mandate extension in high risk settings being met with mixed reactions

  Doris Grinspun, CEO of the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, says her association was calling for the province's mask mandate to be kept in all indoor settings.

  Health

  Apr 24
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• Ontario extends remaining COVID mask mandates

  Ontario is extending remaining mask mandates in high-risk settings until June 11. 

  Canada

  Apr 22
• St. Lawrence College to continue mandatory masking policy

  St. Lawrence College said Thursday that it plans to keep mandatory masking protocols in place on campus past May 1.

  Canada

  Apr 21
• UBC to keep indoor mask mandate until June 30

  The University of British Columbia announced Wednesday that mask protocols will remain through June, saying masks are a 'simple, but important' measure to protect against COVID-19.

  Health

  Apr 20
• TVDSB working on next steps after trustees vote to re-enact masking requirement

  While the renewed COVID-19 masking requirement was made official during a trustee meeting on Tuesday, the board's legal counsel says it won't be enforceable by TVDSB.

  Health

  Apr 20
• Trustees pass indoor masking requirement for Thames Valley District School Board

  The requirement is set to stay in place "until such time as Public Health Ontario updates this guidance or the Local Public Health Units in TVDSB explicitly advise otherwise."

  Education

  Apr 19
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• Biden administration will appeal mask mandate ruling if CDC deems it necessary

  The Justice Department said it will not appeal a federal district judge's ruling to drop a mask mandate on public transit unless the CDC believes it is still necessary.

  Health

  Apr 19
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• Canada to keep mask mandate for planes, trains after U.S. rule dropped: officials

  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Transport Minister Omar Alghabra both said the government will continue to follow the science when assessing the need for COVID-19-related orders.

  Health

  Apr 19