Ontario’s 7th wave of COVID-19 is here, top doctor confirms amid exponential growth – CBC
Test positivity above 10% for 1st time since May, says province’s science advisory table
Jul 06, 2022
Ontario has officially entered its seventh wave of COVID-19, driven this time by the Omicron BA.5 subvariant, the province’s top doctor confirms.
“Sadly yes, we’re in another wave,” Dr. Kieran Moore, the province’s chief medical officer, told CBC News Wednesday after Ontario’s COVID-19 science advisory table pointed to exponential growth in most public health units.
As for fourth doses, Moore says the focus has been to prioritize boosters for those over 60 years of age and those most vulnerable, while encouraging third doses for the rest of the population.
The province is now reviewing eligibility for fourth doses, however, and will have more to say in the coming weeks, he said.
The BA.5 subvariant has been rising slowly since early June but really started to “take off” mid-month, becoming a dominant strain, Moore said. Ontario can likely expect another four to five weeks in this wave, which is now in about its third week, he said, adding infections are expected to increase over the next 10 days before beginning to slow.
Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-covid-19-ba5-wave-1.6512283
