The province’s top doctor Kieran Moore announced Wednesday loosening of restrictions, including ending isolation requirements in most cases
Ontario is lifting its mask mandate in most public settings, including schools, and ending isolation requirements in most circumstances, even if individuals are unvaccinated, the province’s chief medical officer of health announced on Wednesday.
Dr. Moore said loosening restrictions will likely result in more cases and hospitalizations, but that the province’s high vaccination rate and access to antiviral medications should help manage the virus. Household contacts exposed to COVID-19 don’t need to isolate if they have been infected with the virus themselves in the previous 90 days, if they are 18 or older and have received a booster dose or if they are under 18 and have received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine.
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