Ontario releases Plan to Stay Open despite increasing hospital admissions due to COVID-19
The Ontario government released a Plan to Stay Open on Tuesday that includes money to attract nurses to underserved areas, a move to make temporary pay increases for personal support workers permanent and legislation that would require the province to maintain a stockpile of masks and other equipment.
“As we look at public-health measures, we’re very confident. We’ve got some of the highest vaccination rates in all of Canada, we’ve got a wall of immunity with over four million people in Ontario that have had COVID-19 and recovered. We have access to antiviral drugs,” Mr. Sarkaria said. “That is the real killer of retention for nurses,” said Doris Grinspun, chief executive officer of the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario.
Peter Juni, scientific director of the province’s COVID-19 Science Advisory Table, said the increases in Ontario’s hospital admissions are running slightly ahead of the latest projections, which he believed was because of Ontarians increasing their normal activities more than anticipated as restrictions lifted.
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
China announces citywide lockdown of Shanghai in 2 stages as COVID-19 cases spike | CBC NewsShanghai said on Sunday it would lock down the city in two stages to carry out COVID-19 testing over a nine-day period, after the city reported a new daily record for asymptomatic infections.
Read more »
Quebec's not yet in a sixth wave, interim health director insists as COVID-19 cases surgeWith most new cases coming from the BA.2 sub\u002Dvariant, hospitalizations are on the rise and more than 8,000 health workers are off sick with the virus.
Read more »
Spokesperson for U.S. President Joe Biden tests positive for COVID-19 after tripKarine Jean-Pierre, principal deputy press secretary, said she last saw Biden ‘during a socially distanced meeting’ on Saturday
Read more »
Shanghai starts China's biggest COVID-19 lockdown in 2 years | CBC NewsChina began its most extensive lockdown in two years Monday to conduct mass testing and control a growing COVID-19 outbreak in Shanghai as questions are raised about the economic toll of the nation's 'zero-COVID' strategy.
Read more »
COVID-19 transmission in schools: Experts call for better ventilation, monitoringA new study reveals the significant impact that effective ventilation can have on limiting the transmission of COVID-19 in schools. In an effort to curb the spread of coronavirus in Canadian schools, experts are calling for better ventilation and air quality monitoring.
Read more »
Shanghai starts China's biggest COVID-19 lockdown in 2 yearsChina began its most extensive lockdown in two years Monday to conduct mass testing and control a growing outbreak in Shanghai as questions are raised about the economic toll of the nation's “zero-COVID” strategy.
Read more »