Last Updated Friday, December 18, 2020 3:08PM EST The number of COVID-19 cases at a large Etobicoke jail dealing with an outbreak has more than doubled in a week. The Ministry of the Solicitor General confirmed Friday that there are now 54 inmates at the Toronto South Detention Centre who have been diagnosed with the disease, up from the 25 cases reported last Thursday. “Those inmates are under droplet precautions and isolated from the rest of the inmate population while they receive appropriate medical care,” a spokesperson for the ministry said in a statement. “The ministry is working with Toronto Public Health to support contact tracing. Voluntary testing of staff, as well as inmates within the same units, are underway.”
TORONTO The number of COVID-19 cases at a large Etobicoke jail dealing with an outbreak has more than doubled in a week. The Ministry of the Solicitor General confirmed Friday that there are now 54 inmates at the Toronto South Detention Centre who have been diagnosed with the disease, up from the 25 cases reported last Thursday. “Those inmates are under droplet precautions and isolated from the rest of the inmate population while they receive appropriate medical care,” a spokesperson for the ministry said in a statement. “The ministry is working with Toronto Public Health to support contact tracing. Voluntary testing of staff, as well as inmates within the same units, are underway.”
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TORONTO - The six-week trial for the man who killed 10 people by deliberately driving a van onto a busy Toronto sidewalk is nearing an end as the final witness finished his testimony Tuesday.
TORONTO - The six-week trial for the man who killed 10 people by deliberately driving a van onto a busy Toronto sidewalk is nearing an end as the final witness finished his testimony Tuesday.
Dr. Scott Woodside, a forensic psychiatrist and star witness for the prosecution, emphasized Alek Minassian knew what he did was morally wrong.
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The six-week trial for the man who killed 10 people by deliberately driving a van onto a busy Toronto sidewalk is nearing an end as the final witness finished his testimony Tuesday.
Dr. Scott Woodside, a forensic psychiatrist and star witness for the prosecution, emphasized Alek Minassian knew what he did was morally wrong.