Canada’s Ontario to Start Lifting COVID-Related Curbs, Quebec More Cautious

Canada’s Ontario to Start Lifting COVID-Related Curbs, Quebec More Cautious
People queue to collect coronavirus disease (COVID-19) antigen test kits at the Hazeldean Mall in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on Jan. 7, 2022. Patrick Doyle/Reuters
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Canada’s most populous province of Ontario has blunted transmission of the Omicron coronavirus variant and will gradually ease restrictions on businesses from end-January, Premier Doug Ford said on Thursday.

The health care system is starting to stabilize in the wake of limitations imposed on Jan. 5, Ford told a news conference, saying Omicron cases should peak later this month.