Ontario s re-opening plan could be revealed Thursday myparrysoundnow.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from myparrysoundnow.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
LONDON, ONT. Many families are breathing easier as the provincial vaccine rollout moves ahead of schedule, with those in the 18 to 39-year-old age cohort now eligible to book COVID-19 vaccine appointments. It can’t come soon enough for 27-year-old London grocery store employee Cam Russell. “I’m constantly in contact with the public, hundreds of people every single day. So for me it feels a little bit more safe in my day to day life. It makes so much sense to get a vaccine myself.”
London, Ont. grocery store employee Cam Russell who booked a COVID-19 vaccine appointment on May 18, 2021. (Bryan Bicknell/CTV London)
WATERLOO Ontario s Solicitor General Sylvia Jones is urging Waterloo Region s residents not to gather over the May long weekend in an effort to save the summer. We have seen when there is a holiday, when there is a long weekend, unfortunately, two weeks later we do see a rise in the number of COVID cases, Jones said. Officials in the province are racing to bring COVID-19 case counts and hospitalize down while aiming to at least partially vaccine 65 per cent of people 18 and older by the month s end. The Ontario-wide stay-at-home order is set to expire June 2, with provincial officials teasing the release of a reopening strategy soon.
Published Wednesday, May 19, 2021 10:36AM EDT Last Updated Wednesday, May 19, 2021 12:17PM EDT A provincewide pause on non-urgent surgeries has been lifted and hospitals will now be permitted to “gradually” resume the procedures if they have the capacity for them. The directive was first put in place on April 20 as hospitals struggled to keep up with an influx of COVID-19 patients and began transferring some people far away in a bid to free up capacity. But in a letter to healthcare providers on Wednesday, Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. David Williams said that new cases, hospitalizations and intensive care admissions now “appear to be trending downward,” setting the stage for a cautious resumption of elective surgeries and procedures “in some areas of the province.”
Published Wednesday, May 19, 2021 1:00PM EDT Last Updated Wednesday, May 19, 2021 4:09PM EDT Solicitor General Sylvia Jones is hinting that that the province will move away from “the regionalization approach” it has used in the past to lift public health restrictions and instead pursue a “sector by sector” reopening strategy. Jones made the comment to reporters at Queen’s Park on Wednesday. It comes on the heels of the Ministry of Health confirming that they will not revive the colour-coded framework for COVID-19 restrictions when the time comes to restart Ontario’s economy. “The Minister of Health has suggested that we re going to be moving away from the regionalization approach,” Jones said. “We know what happens is people move and are more likely to move from place to place if we go to a regional approach and have certain parts of the province with tighter restrictions than others.”