Ontario Masking

• Masking alone wouldn’t have eased Ontario’s respiratory virus surge in the fall: PHO document

  Introducing a mask mandate when respiratory viruses surged in the fall may not have eased the crush on pediatric hospitals, a Public Health Ontario science brief concludes.

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  Feb 6, 2023
  
• Ontario emergency departments told to prepare for ‘extreme surge’ in demand

  Hospitals in Ontario are being told to prepare for an 'extreme surge' and plans are in place to expand pediatric capacity to 150 per cent.

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  Nov 14, 2022
  
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• Ontario’s top doc weighs bad upcoming flu season in decision on mask recommendations

  Dr. Kieran Moore says the dominant flu strain this season is a bad one and the influenza season is expected to start picking up in the next couple of weeks. 

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  Nov 2, 2022
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• Time for Ontario to reinstate mask mandates: ex science table adviser

  'Personally, I would say that the criteria to require something like a mask mandate is clearly here,' said Razak, an internist at St. Michael's Hospital.

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  Oct 28, 2022
• Ontario not returning to widespread mandate, but top doc strongly recommends masking

  Ontario's top doctor says the province isn't reinstating a widespread mask mandate, but issued a "strong recommendation" for individuals to wear a mask in indoor public settings.

  Canada

  Apr 11, 2022
• Ontario opposition parties call for masking rules, PCR access to be reinstated

  NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is calling for the government to either reinstate mandatory masking in public places or explain why they won't.

  Canada

  Apr 7, 2022
• Opposition leaders urge caution with Ontario mask mandate possibly easing within weeks

  "We certainly shouldn't let it rip the way that it feels to me like Doug Ford really wants to do," Ontario Liberal Leader Steven Del Duca said.

  Canada

  Mar 1, 2022
• Timeline to lift all COVID-19 measures in Ontario coming soon, top doctor says

  "We are reviewing all of them in the coming days and anticipate we will make recommendations to government as soon as next week," Dr. Kieran Moore said.

  Canada

  Feb 10, 2022
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• Ontario ‘not in the clear’ to remove COVID vaccine passports, masking as other provinces

  "We are not telling the people of Ontario that this is going to remain in place forever," Health Minister Christine Elliott said. "But we are not in the clear, just yet."

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  Feb 9, 2022