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TORONTO — Ontario's chief medical officer of health is"strongly recommending" residents mask in all indoor public settings in order to protect children from a triple threat of respiratory viruses, but he's stopping short of mandating it.
He is not, however, mandating masking at this point, though he is"discussing and reviewing" the possibility of requiring masks in schools again. "Yes, masking at a population level will help, but we really have to focus on where we can protect our children," he said at a press conference.Adults can transmit respiratory viruses to kids, and young children under the age of five are the most susceptible, Moore said. He recommended kids between age two and five wear masks if they're able, and said people should mask around young children in social settings, and parents should mask at home if they have any symptoms.
Some major children's hospitals have had to cancel non-urgent surgeries in order to redeploy staff to the emergency department and intensive care units that are operating over capacity.
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