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Health officials logged 324 more infections of COVID-19 Wednesday and most of the infections were recorded in people without a vaccine.

  TORONTO -- Without clear directive from governments, businesses have to decide whether to make vaccines mandatory for employees and patrons, a decision they say leaves them vulnerable to attacks from anti-vaxxers. For the first time since 2019, live music will be back at Ottawas Escapade Festival in September. However, guests must be fully vaccinated to attend. By making vaccines mandatory, Ali Shafaee, director of the Escapade Music Festival, told CTV National News organizers are trying...

Published Monday, July 19, 2021 4:00PM EDT Last Updated Monday, July 19, 2021 5:46PM EDT Schools in communities with a low number of COVID-19 hospitalizations should be able to forgo physical distancing and cohorting in the fall while adopting a more relaxed approach when it comes to masking and screening students for symptoms, according to a new paper being released by Ontario’s science table. The paper, which was prepared by a Sick-Kids led group of experts...

In-person learning is essential for students: Ontario Science Advisory Table by Todd Hayes and maleeha sheikh Posted Jul 19, 2021 10:24 pm EDT Last Updated Jul 19, 2021 at 11:16 pm EDT In-person learning for school children is essential, says Ontario’s COVID-19 Science Advisory Table, and schools should only be closed again due to a catastrophic scenario. The group, made up of doctors, scientists and experts from a myriad of disciplines has released a report that includes a list of recommenda...

Fast Facts: Ottawa saw one new COVID-19 death on Saturday, the first in two weeks, as cases remain in the single-digits. Local business owners say they are excited to reopen in an earlier Step 3, but the opinion among experts is mixed. COVID-19 by the numbers in Ottawa (Ottawa Public Health data): New COVID-19 cases: Four new cases on Saturday. Total COVID-19 cases: 27,728 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 (previous seven days): 3.8 Positivity rate in Ottawa: 1.1 per cent Reproduction Number: ...

Article content It’s especially welcome news that Premier Doug Ford and his cabinet agreed to make the move even as some public health doctors had warned that we should slow down or even delay any further reopening. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. LILLEY: Ontario emerging from big COVID chill Back to video Some, like Dr. Peter Juni, the scientific director of the Ontario Science Table had called for 75% of the population to be fully vaccinated b...

  TORONTO -- The scientific director of the Ontario science advisory table says the province is “absolutely not” ready to move into the next step of the reopening plan due to the spread of the more transmissible Delta variant. Dr. Peter Juni described the COVID-19 variant as a “completely different beast.” "If you have uncontrolled growth with (the) Alpha (variant) after four weeks, we have roughly 6,000 cases. But after the Delta, you have around 60,000 cases. This shows you how c...

Last Updated Wednesday, July 7, 2021 9:03PM EDT The scientific director of the Ontario Science Advisory Table says the province is “absolutely not” ready to move into the next step of the reopening plan due to the spread of the more transmissible Delta variant. Dr. Peter Juni described the COVID-19 variant that first emerged in India as a “completely different beast.” "If you have uncontrolled growth with (the) Alpha (variant) after four weeks, we have roughly 6,000 ...

Advocates, who have long complained that children have been afterthoughts during the pandemic, say it is crucial they not be forgotten now.

Some experts are calling the novel coronavirus delta variant a wild card -- it’s fuelling a sharp spike in cases in parts of the U.K. as other strains drop.