Ontario opposition parties call for masking rules, PCR access as over 1,100 hospitalizations reported – CBC

Meanwhile, Ontarians 60+ can book 4th COVID-19 vaccine dose starting today

Apr 07, 2022

Ontario’s two main opposition parties are calling for the government to reinstate or continue several public health measures, such as mandatory masking, in order to blunt the sixth wave of COVID-19.

Hospitalizations are up 40 per cent week over week and wastewater surveillance suggests COVID-19 activity is higher than it was at the peak of the fifth wave in January.

NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is calling for the government to either reinstate mandatory masking in public places or explain why they won’t.

She also says masks should be required in schools and the mandate should not be lifted for hospitals, long-term care homes and public transit on April 27 as planned.

“Health care workers are exhausted, and becoming infected with COVID at an alarming rate. And every bed taken by a COVID patient is another delay for someone waiting in pain for a surgery,” said Horwath.

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-covid-april-7-2022-fourth-dose-1.6411319