Premier Doug Ford is under fire for claiming Dr. Kieran Moore had a COVID-19 conference call with local health officials and was “on the job 24/7” when the chief medical officer was on a Caribbean holiday.
“It’s not about Dr. Moore deserving a vacation. I’m sure we all agree that he does. It’s about the premier providing accurate information,” New Democrat Leader Andrea Horwath said Tuesday., who increased PCR testing and access to the antiviral drug Paxlovid, but rejected calls to bring back mandatory masking in schools and other essential public places.
Health Minister Christine Elliott defended the government in the legislature’s question period Tuesday, noting Moore is one of many experts in the government’s public health department.“While Dr. Moore was away, we had an acting chief medical officer of health … as well as five assistant medical officers of health, who were closely following the situation in Ontario and Dr. Moore was in regular contact with them.
“Dr. Moore was seated alone, more than six feet apart from anyone else, and put his mask back on immediately after the press conference,” Elliott’s ministry responded in a statement. “This is the same process that has been followed by the prime minister upon returning from Europe.”help for Ukrainian refugees“Dr. Moore is one of the hardest-working people I’ve ever met. He never rests. He works around the clock for the people of Ontario,” Ford told reporters at the time.
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