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Canada s Ontario to go on province-wide shutdown from Dec 26
Ontario has had seven straight days of more than 2,000 cases a day. (Photo: AP)
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TORONTO: Ontario on Monday (Dec 21) announced a province-wide shutdown because of a second wave of COVID-19 in Canada’s most populous province.
The lockdown will be put in place for southern Ontario from Dec 26 until Jan 23, but will lift for northern Ontario on Jan 9.
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Ontario has had seven straight days of more than 2,000 cases a day.
Modeling shows that could more than double in January. Health officials earlier said a four- to six-week hard lockdown could significantly stop the spread of COVID-19.
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