A pedestrian wears a protective mask as she walks in the winter weather downtown in Toronto on Wednesday, February 26, 2020.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan DenetteTORONTO -- Winter is just a couple of months away and it could mean big changes for people in Ontario, who now get to spend their days basking in warm weather as the global pandemic continues to plague the world.
“We know this virus is transmitted most effectively when there are multiple people in indoor settings [and] in close proximity to each other for long periods of time,” Bogoch said. “This is the kind of virus where you can’t let your guard down. If we let our guard down and if we get complacent it’s going to come back quickly.”
"I'm certainly anxious that we don’t see another large exponentially increasing pile of cases again," Sly said. “Even if there are people outdoors, and we can facilitate more outdoor scenarios, it's still Canada and it’s still winter, and it's going to be minus 40 with five feet of snow in many places. So that's just not feasible,” he said.
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