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Number of new cases also remains low compared to earlier this year

A Toronto-area medical officer of health says the more infectious B.1.617 variants could become the dominant strains of the coronavirus in Ontario by this summer.

  TORONTO -- Schools in Ontario could remain closed to in-person learning for the remainder of the academic year as the provincial government scraps a promise to reopen classrooms before the economy, CTV News Toronto has learned. Sources say the governments planning and priorities committee made the initial decision on Monday not to reopen schools for the remaining weeks of June, including on a regional basis. This goes against the advice from the Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. David ...

Studies reveal the unintended consequences of delaying surgeries, drop in ER visits due to pandemic Surgery delays and a steep drop off in ER visits, contributed to a spike in excess deaths during the pandemic beyond COVID-19 deaths. Yet for some common conditions, the drop in ER visits had no impact on patient outcomes. Social Sharing CBC Radio · Posted: May 28, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: May 28 Sean Perkins had a sizeable tumour cutting off 70 to 80 per cent of his airway. He faced de...

"If you die of COVID or a COVID case, that's important. Otherwise, it doesn't matter."

Heres what experts are saying about Ontarios three-step reopening plan that will begin around June 14.

By Sam Odrowski The Ford government’s latest announcement extending the stay-at-home order until June 2 came as no surprise, since the Province see’s limiting mobility as the only viable method of reducing COVID-19 transmission. But it was a little shocking to see outdoor recreation being kept close despite a growing consensus among health experts that outdoor transmission is extremely rare to non-existent. Even a scientific director of Ontario’s COVID-19 Science Advisory Table, which rec...

by News Staff Last Updated May 20, 2021 at 8:03 am EDT Torontonians enjoying a sunny Sunday afternoon while maintaining social distancing via social circle painted on the artificial lawn at Canada Square near the Harbourfront Centre in Toronto on May 16, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS IMAGES/Dominic Chan THE CANADIAN PRESS IMAGES/Dominic Chan The Victoria Day long weekend could mark the beginning of Ontario’s return to normal as COVID-19 cases fall, and the number of Ontarians with at least one do...

TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford is set to make an announcement about Ontario’s reopening plan on Thursday afternoon as COVID-19 cases in the province decline.

Author of the article: Shawn Jeffords  •  The Canadian Press Publishing date: May 20, 2021  •  3 hours ago  •  2 minute read Article content TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford is set to make an announcement about Ontario’s reopening plan on Thursday afternoon as COVID-19 cases in the province decline. The health minister has said the plan will be “sector-specific” and involve a staggered approach to reopening some activities We apologize, but ...