Toronto’s top doctor is urging residents to return to wearing masks in public indoor settings amid a rise in COVID-19 transmission in the city.
The Ford government lifted the mask mandate for most settings last month but with wastewater surveillance now pointing to a significant uptick in the level of COVID-19 activity in Ontario, some epidemiologists are calling for its revival.
Her comments come on the heels of several other local medical officers of health providing similar advice to residents, including Ottawa’s top doctor. Positivity rates on the limited number of PCR tests being carried out in the province are also spiking. However, she said that it should serve as an important reminder that “we are not post-pandemic no matter how tired we may be and no matter how much we wish that it were so.”
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