Ontario reports 438 new COVID-19 cases, 5 more deaths
Ontario reported a notable day-over-day jump in COVID-19 cases on Thursday, a day after the province announced its plan for administering booster shots.
Provincial health officials logged 438 new coronavirus infections today, up from 378 on Wednesday, and from 409 a week ago.
Doctors outraged as Ontario, Quebec deny COVID-19 vaccine mandates for health workers
The decision by Quebec and Ontario to not make COVID-19 vaccines mandatory for health-care workers has drawn sharp criticism from doctors in those provinces, who say the move is not backed by science.
Both provincial governments announced Wednesday that they will not require health-care staff — hospital workers in Ontario and current health-care employees in Quebec — to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, pointing to the negative impact of such a mandate on the health-care system.
