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[ad_1] Ontario is urged to expand staff and student testing, especially at hotspots, after the first site in Toronto uncovered about 19 cases in an elementary school. “When it comes to our schools and the safety of our students … we need a robust and fully staffed school testing program,” …

[ad_1] Small business owners say Toronto’s blockade restrictions continue to unfairly restrict small businesses while allowing department stores to stay open. Two flower shops in the same neighborhood were visited by law enforcement officers on Friday and said they couldn’t display flowers and plants outside their shops. Yang, the owner …

[ad_1] Nine months after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, health officials still face a puzzle as troublesome as it was at the start of the outbreak: defining how cases are spread in the community. In Ontario, up to 60% of cases have unknown sources of transmission. The lack of …

[ad_1] While patrons filled the Adamson Barbecue in Etobicoke on Tuesday, proudly defying provincial and municipal rules for no-eating at home during the lockdown, Toronto law enforcement and police officers did nothing to prevent the long line of customers to enter. Owner Adam Skelly promised social media to open normally …

[ad_1] On a day when new restrictions have been introduced for Toronto and the Peel region in recent weeks in an attempt to reign in record-breaking daily COVID-19 cases, a palliative care physician specializing in long-term care says he is “terrified. “from the growing numbers of cases in nursing homes …

[ad_1] As the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, people aged 60 and over – a group disproportionately represented in Ontario deaths – are seeking more support to avoid becoming infected, says one supporter. According to the province’s daily epidemiological report, 3,298 people aged 60 or over have …

[ad_1] An area in the northeastern corner of Brampton has a “shocking” COVID-19 positive rate of 19% – twice that of the United States – and is leading a list of 30 Greater Toronto neighborhoods that they’re seeing alarming numbers of people testing positive for the virus, new data shows. …

[ad_1] If hot regions of Ontario fail to keep COVID-19 under control, stronger mandatory measures may be needed to slow the spread and manage the virus, epidemiologists warn. It’s a strong message that came the day Toronto reported a record 538 new infections, four deaths, and 176 hospitalizations, including 42 …

[ad_1] The province rejected the advice of its public health agency when it created its new color-coded framework for COVID-19 restrictions, and the executive leading the organization’s pandemic response says it only learned crucial details when were publicly released last week, the Star Has Learned. Health Minister Christine Elliott told …