If you feel like everyone you know is getting COVID-19, or you know more people who are testing positive for the virus now than ever before during the pandemic, you’re likely not alone.
Cases and hospitalizations are once again surging across the country, as the more contagious Omicron subvariant BA.2 grabs hold in Canada. In addition, the subvariant is spreading at a time when most provinces have dropped COVID-19 restrictions, including mask mandates.
Ontario reported 1, 091 patients in hospital with COVID-19 on Tuesday -- a 38 per cent increase in hospitalizations over the past seven days. “It’s one thing to lift mask mandates when things are improving, it’s another thing to lift a mask mandate when you are in the process of seeing an increase of cases and hospitalization,” Dr. Christopher Labos, an epidemiologist at McGill University, told CTV National News.Prince Edward Island is also keeping masking requirements for the time being. Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr.
Meanwhile, doctors in New Brunswick are calling on the provincial government to reinstate the use of masks in schools for the rest of the academic year.
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