The top doctor in the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph public health unit has ordered all schools to stop in-person learning starting tomorrow, with classes to return no sooner than April 19.
In Toronto, the public health unit says it has recommended the closure of 20 schools as COVID-19 cases are investigated.
The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario and the Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association have also asked for schools in virus hot spots to move classes online until teachers can be vaccinated.
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Schools in Peel Region are closed for in-person learning starting today. Dr. Lawrence Loh, the region s medical officer of health, has ordered schools in Brampton, Caledon and Mississauga to move classes online. The closure will remain in place until April 18 and Loh says it may be extended if necessary. The top doctor in the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph public health unit has ordered all schools to stop in-person learning starting tomorrow, with classes to return no sooner than April 19. In Toronto, the public health unit says it has recommended the closure of 20 schools as COVID-19 cases are investigated. The Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario and the Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association have also asked for schools in virus hot spots to move classes online until teachers can be vaccinated.
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Schools in Peel Region are closed for in-person learning starting today.
Dr. Lawrence Loh, the region’s medical officer of health, has ordered schools in Brampton, Caledon and Mississauga to move classes online.
The closure will remain in place until April 18 and Loh says it may be extended if necessary.
The top doctor in the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph public health unit has ordered all schools to stop in-person learning starting tomorrow, with classes to return no sooner than April 19.
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Ottawa added another 237 COVID-19 cases Monday, the province reported nearly 6,000 more infections over two days of the Easter weekend, schools were ordered closed in Peel Region and Ottawa’s medical officer of health joined an “urgent” call for an immediate stay-at-home order in Ontario.
On a bad news Monday, Ottawa’s COVID-19 Testing Task Force said the city’s positivity rate is now 7.8 per cent, more than triple the threshold to be considered in the “red zone” under the province’s colour-coded guide to pandemic restrictions.
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