Ontario’s top doctor says that a rise in daily COVID-19 infections heading into the fall is expected and 'not a cause for panic' as the province inches closer to exiting Step 3.
TORONTO -- Ontario’s top doctor says that a rise in daily COVID-19 infections heading into the fall is expected and “not a cause for panic” as the province inches closer to exiting Step 3., resulting in a rise in the seven-day rolling average of daily infections to about 306.Speaking at a news conference Tuesday afternoon, Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr.
“I see our cases slowly going up throughout August and then as we move indoors, the case counts will continue to rise,” he said, adding that public health units have the capacity now to proper contact trace and limit the spread of the disease. At the same time, Moore says that with strong immunization rates and proper masking protocols will give the health-care system a chance to recover.
“It looks like we’ll be able top hit those targets over the next week to 10 days,” he said. “The highest immunization rate we can achieve will allow us to have the safest reopening.”, 75 per cent must have received their second dose, and every public health unit must have at least 70 per cent of their eligible population fully vaccinated.At this point,
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