Mask Mandate
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Manitoba health-care workers required to mask up during flu seasonBeginning Wednesday, health-care staff in various hospitals and facilities will have to wear a mask when interacting with patients and clients.HealthOct 16
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Interior Health awaiting final details of mask mandateMandatory masks were recently reintroduced into BC health facilities, however Interior Health says they are still waiting for some clarification on where the masks must be worn.HealthOct 6
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B.C. to reinstate mask mandate in all health-care settingsHealth officials across the country are urging Canadians to get a COVID and flu shot at the same time as provinces have seen a rise in cases.HealthSep 27
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Some Ontario hospitals reinstating masking requirementsSome eastern Ontario hospitals are bringing back mask requirements in patient-care areas as the respiratory virus season approaches.HealthSep 8
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Canada ‘likely at the start’ of new COVID-19 wave. How big will it get?With two new COVID-19 variants emerging just before the fall — a season when respiratory viruses thrive — health experts are warning Canadians to stay vigilant.HealthAug 23
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Calgary doctor to challenge AHS mask policy change in courtA Calgary-based doctor is planning to go to court to prevent Alberta Health Services from dropping its masking requirement in health-care settings.CanadaJun 16
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Masks could still benefit patients in Manitoba hospitals, microbiologist saysShared Health made the announcement Wednesday that the masking requirements are set to be lifted next week.HealthMay 4
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Masking requirements set to lift in most Manitoba health-care settingsMost of the face mask requirements brought in at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic for health-care facilities in Manitoba are set to be lifted next week.HealthMay 3
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Guelph hospital introduces phased-in ‘mask-friendly’ policyThe new 'mask-friendly' policy begins at Guelph General Hospital on Monday, just as many hospitals across southern Ontario are also lifting mask mandates.HealthApr 17
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Several southwestern Ontario hospitals lift mask mandatesSeveral southwestern Ontario hospitals say that starting next week staff, patients, and visitors will no longer be required to wear masks at all times.HealthApr 14
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