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As KFL&A enters the sixth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, medical officer of health says "the goal of containing this virus is unachievable"

With restrictions lifting across Canada as a sixth COVID-19 wave hits parts of the country, individual responsibility and personal choice appear to be the default public health measure, leaving some asking: when will it be safe to stop wearing face masks? CTVNews.ca asked health experts to weigh in.

"But this was a steep rise, and that speaks to how quickly things are changing."

As KFL&A enters the sixth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, medical officer of health says "the goal of containing this virus is unachievable"

Among other things, doctors have to attest that a patient is likely to live more than a year before they can refer them to be assessed for Paxlovid.

TORONTO— Much of Canada is facing a fresh COVID-19 wave just as authorities ease measures meant to curb the spread of the virus, emboldened by a brief

There are more than 800 patients with COVID-19 in Ontario hospitals on Thursday, a 22 per cent week-over-week increase amid a sixth wave of the pandemic.

A group of volunteer scientists who have provided independent and often blunt advice throughout the COVID-19 pandemic will now be placed under the control of an arms-length government agency.

The head of Ontarios COVID-19 Science Advisory Table says that it is “very clear” that Ontario is now in the middle of a sixth wave of the pandemic driven by a relaxing of restrictions in the province.

As officials in Ontario and Quebec report the provinces have entered a sixth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, some experts say the rise in infections was inevitable as health authorities removed restrictions amid the emergence of the Omicron subvariant BA.2.