Toronto’s board of health is asking the province to restore the power of the city’s top doctor to impose mask mandates in the face of rising COVID-19 cases.
Toronto’s board of health is asking the province to restore the power of the city’s top doctor to impose mask mandates in the face of rising COVID-19 cases and a Public Health Ontario report that says reinstating indoor masking could help mitigate current trends.
Last month, the province reversed parts of the Reopening Ontario Act, largely preventing local public health officials from issuing letters of instruction, which can mandate masking or vaccination requirements in local jurisdictions. Though medical officers of health may still issue written orders under Section 22 of the Health Protection and Promotion Act, de Villa said those orders are only meant to be applied “in very specific circumstances.”