During the COVID-19 pandemic, neighbourhoods with high material deprivation and high proportions of racialized Canadians were disproportionately affected b
The fear, grief, social isolation, and financial and occupational losses from COVID-19 have created a mental health crisis. Ontario's response highlights the shortcomings of its physician-only public healthcare system that limits public access to appropriate and sustainable mental healthcare. ...
TORONTO — In consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health and other health experts, the Ontario government has developed the Keeping Ontario Safe and Open Framework. It ensures that public health measures are targeted, incremental and responsive to help limit the spread of COVI...
… provide liability protection for workers, volunteers and organizations that make an honest effort to follow public health guidelines and laws relating to exposure to COVID-19. At the same time, it will maintain the right of Ontarians to take legal action against those who willfully, or with ...
One of the key pain points is class sizes, which are not being reduced despite the threat of COVID-19, though Ford has assured the public that Ontario will still have the smallest class sizes of anywhere in the country. BREAKING:@TOPublicHealthdisapproves@TDSBReturning to School plan. ...
The purpose of the Ontario Government’s mandatory shutdown of all non-essential workplaces is to promote the public good by protecting the health, safety and welfare of the people of Ontario from the threat that COVID-19 poses. As such, defying the Order carries severe consequences. ...
https://publications.aap.org/aapnews/news/23293/Immunization-schedule-updated-for-2023-COVID 11. Government of Canada. Vaccines for children: COVID-19. Accessed June 20, 2023. https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/vaccination-children/covid-19.html 12. Goldman RD, Bone JN...
the Chief Medical Officer of Health and the Public Health Measures Table, the Ontario government is taking immediate action to respond to the rapid increase in COVID-19 cases and is updating the Keeping Ontario Safe and Open Framework, by lowering the thresholds for each level in the f...
It has cut the size of social gatherings in some hot spots, limited the hours for bars and restaurants to operate and serve alcohol, and closed strip clubs in recent days. Premier Doug Ford slammed individuals protesting mask requirements and other public health measures, calling...
The Public Health Agency of Canada said the latest provincial and territorial data show that an average of 1,892 people with COVID-19 were being treated in Canadian hospitals each day this week, which is 23 per cent higher than last week. ...