Public Health Ontario

• New BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 Omicron subvariants growing twice as fast as BA.5: Public Health Ontario

  Public Health Ontario says the proportion of the new BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 Omicron subvariants in the province is growing twice as quickly as the dominant BA.5 strain.

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  Oct 28
  
• Ontario’s top doctor urges mask wearing, warns mandate could return

  Dr. Kieran Moore, Ontario's medical officer of health, urged people to get vaccines, boosters and wear a mask to avoid an unmanageable surge in hospital admissions.

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  Oct 13
  
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• Public Health Ontario says COVID cases have gradually risen

  Public Health Ontario says it's noticed a gradual rise in COVID-19 cases over the past three weeks and expects that to continue.

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  Oct 7
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• Ontario Science Table calls for provincial strategy to manage long COVID

  In a science brief, the panel of experts warned symptoms that persist after someone is infected with COVID-19 could reduce their quality of life and increase reliance on others.

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  Sep 7
• Public Health Ontario to have final say on topics studied by new science table

  The provincial government agency says the new team will provide it and the Ministry of Health with scientific and technical public health guidance.

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  Sep 1
• Ontario’s science table says province plans to create smaller group of advisers

  Members of Ontario's COVID-19 Science Advisory Table say Public Health Ontario has informed them the group is being dissolved as of Sept. 6.

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  Aug 26
• Public Health Ontario reports 529 monkeypox cases as of Monday, up from 478 last week

  The report says nearly 75 per cent of the confirmed cases are in Toronto and all but three cases are reported among males. 

  Canada

  Aug 17
• Public Health Ontario reports 478 confirmed monkeypox cases, up from 449 last week

  The agency's latest report on the illness says 75 per cent of cases were reported in Toronto.

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  Aug 10
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• Ontario confident in monkeypox vaccine strategy, Moore says, but some seek expansion

  Dr. Kieran Moore says the province has vaccinated more than 20,000 people against monkeypox, with the priority group being gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men.

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  Aug 8
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• Monkeypox cases rise to 423: Public Health Ontario

  The agency's latest report says most of the cases (nearly 78 per cent) were reported in Toronto.

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  Aug 3