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Masks will no longer be part of the required dress code in most Ontario public spaces come Monday, as the government turns the public health measure into an individual choice.

The epidemiologist who has served as one of the key voices on Ontario's Science Advisory Table throughout most of the COVID-19 pandemic is resigning from the post in order to take a research job overseas.

As of Monday, facemask mandates drop in this province. But case counts are rising — so responsible adult behaviour is a really good idea.

A recent rise in global COVID-19 cases, the spread of a more contagious Omicron subvariant and a spike in early surveillance signals across Canada has experts worried we could be on the verge of an "ugly spring."

A member of Ontario’s COVID-19 Science Advisory Table warns Ottawa will likely see an increase in COVID-19 transmission when mask mandates are lifted across the province on Monday.

Data from Europe and western Canada suggests the more transmissible BA.2 subvariant is on track to replace the original Omicron strain, and it's likely to happen in eastern Ontario as well.

Peter Jüni, the epidemiologist and professor of medicine who has spent most of the pandemic offering unvarnished advice to the provincial government as scientific director ofOntario’s COVID-19 Science Advisory Table,

Dr. Peter Jüni, who has led the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table since its formation in July 2020, says he has accepted a position at the University of Oxford in England for family reasons.

Ontario's COVID-19 science table says based on an uptick of coronavirus detected in wastewater and the province ending most public health measures next week, it's predicting more people will wind up in the hospital and in some cases intensive care. 

Ontario should prepare for a moderate rebound in hospital admissions due to COVID-19 between now and May, as all remaining surveillance suggests the Omicron wave has hit bottom and is starting to trend back upwards, new modelling suggests.