The city's medical officer of health Dr. Eileen de Villa is recommending the city's own masking by-law expire as soon as the province amends its rules.
The latest coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Wednesday. This file will be updated throughout the day. Web links to longer stories if available.The city's medical officer of health Dr. Eileen de Villa is recommending the city's own masking by-law expire as soon as the province amends its rules. The announcement from the province is expected Wednesday. Toronto mask by-law was set to expire next month.
"If we are going to do it properly, we have to tell people that until you’ve got a negative result, you can’t go out and about.”Two years of pandemic have left 8,085 waiting for surgery at Hamilton Health Sciences and 6,500 at St. Joseph’s Healthcare. The Swedish Public Health Agency said Wednesday that Anders Tegnell will start with the U.N. health agency on Monday. In Geneva, he will work on global coronavirus vaccination efforts, coordinating the activities of WHO, UNICEF and the public-private vaccine organization Gavi.
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