Ontario reports 3,000+ COVID-19 cases for the first time since early May 2021
Ontario is reporting 3,124 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, the highest total reported since early May 2021, with the number of infections among vaccinated and vaccinated people now more closely reflecting their proportions of the general population.
… 2,120 involve fully vaccinated people and 130 have an unknown vaccination status.
Support for COVID-19 lockdowns dwindle as Omicron spreads across Canada: poll
A majority of Canadians say they’re still in support of another lockdown to stop the spread of the Omicron COVID-19 variant, a new poll has found.
But despite more than 55 per cent of Canadians showing such support for renewed public health measures, the poll’s results — done by Ipsos exclusively for Global News — also show that the same support is dwindling.
If you are still wearing a single layer cloth mask ‘ditch it,’ head of Ontario’s science table says
If you are using a single-layer cloth mask to protect yourself from a new COVID-19 variant that is believed to be more than six times as infectious as Delta “ditch it, full stop.”
At least that is the message from the scientific director of Ontario’s Science Advisory Table, who tells CP24 that there is likely a need for higher grade masks amid the threat posed by Omicron, particularly for frontline workers.
