Ontario Resists Reimposing Mask Mandate as Sixth Wave Underway

Ontario Resists Reimposing Mask Mandate as Sixth Wave Underway
Kieran Moore, Ontario's chief medical officer of Health, speaks at a press conference at Queen’s Park regarding the easing of restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, in Toronto on Jan. 20, 2022. Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press
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Ontario’s top doctor said on Monday that the province is going through a sixth wave of COVID-19, but he said the mask mandate won’t be reinstated at this time while emphasizing the low risk children face from the virus.

“It is clear that we are in the sixth wave of this pandemic driven by the BA.2 variant. In the last few weeks, we have seen an increase in the percent positivity and upward trend in wastewater surveillance and a rise in hospitalizations,” Dr. Kieran Moore said during a press conference in Toronto on April 11.

Noé Chartier
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Noé Chartier is a senior reporter with the Canadian edition of The Epoch Times. Twitter: @NChartierET
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