TORONTO — Ontario is through the worst of the respiratory virus season, with the three major viral threats on the decline, though a more transmissible variant…
Chief medical officer of health Dr. Kieran Moore “strongly” recommended people wear masks in indoor public settings in mid-November, as the flu, respiratory syncytial virus and COVID-19 were circulating and straining children’s hospital capacity.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
Additionally, anyone 60 and older now qualifies for PCR testing, up from the previous general cutoff of age 70. The changes are meant to align with eligibility for Paxlovid treatments for COVID-19.“I would love the 45 per cent who haven’t come forward to take advantage of the bivalent booster,” he said.
The flu in Ontario peaked in early December, with around 568 patients in hospital, and now that number is 80, Moore said. RSV peaked at the same time, with about 350 people in hospital. The COVID-19 situation has also been improving, Moore said, with 99 people in ICU, the lowest number since July.
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