NEW: Some Toronto hospitals have relaxed mandatory masking policies that have been in place throughout much of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a statement provided to CP24.com, a spokesperson for the Hospital for Sick Children said that it “moved in lockstep with all Toronto Region hospitals” in adjusting its masking protocols amid “low community transmission of COVID-19 and other respiratory viruses.”
Most Toronto hospitals eased their mask policies in April to allow workers to go without one in non-clinical areas where only staff congregate. “I think it's just fair to recognize that we're in a different part of the pandemic now than we were three years ago and two years ago,” infectious disease specialist Dr. Isaac Bogoch told CP24.com on Wednesday. “You can look at trends with COVID in various communities throughout Ontario and we are just seeing far less COVID right now both in hospital settings and also in the community settings than we were months ago. So it is just policy keeping up with the current state.
The policies also require that healthcare workers continue to wear masks when interacting directly with patients.
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