Ontario will drop most COVID-19 mask mandates – including in schools, restaurants and stores – across the province on March 21.
Posted: Mar 08, 2022 11:06 PM ET | Last Updated: 4 hours ago
The Ford government lifted all COVID-19 capacity limits in indoor settings and scrapped its vaccine certificate system on March 1. Proof of vaccination was no longer required at most restaurants, gyms and movie theatres. Nightclubs, sporting and concert venues were allowed to get rid of capacity limits and restrictions were also lifted on social gathering sizes.
The news comes as public health officials say the wave of infections caused by the highly transmissible Omicron variant continues to wane in the province.Ontario's top doctor will hold a briefing Wednesday morning on the province's plan to "live with and manage COVID-19," replacing what was to be his final planned pandemic news conference originally set for Thursday.
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