After being in place for more than a year, the City of Toronto has announced it will lift its mandatory COVID-19 vaccine requirement for staff, volunteers and contractors next month.
However, on Tuesday, the city said that roughly 350 unionized City employees who either did not disclose their vaccination status, or did not get vaccinated, will be offered reinstatement into an unpaid leave.
Toronto was one of a number of Ontario municipalities to keep its COVID-19 vaccination policy in place for employees after the province dropped its vaccine certificate system on March 1. To this day, some hospitals and long-term care homes across Ontario still require employees to be fully vaccinated against the novel coronavirus although it’s no longer mandated at a provincial level.
Last month, Dr. Kieran Moore said that he’s actively considering making a recommendation on masking for the general public amid what could be a “complex and difficult winter" battling COVID-19.The city said it will continue to monitor the COVID-19 situation despite the removal of its vaccine mandate next month.
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