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03.05.2022 / 18:39

Ontario election 2022 campaign to officially begin

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford is set to meet Tuesday afternoon with Lt.-Gov. Elizabeth Dowdeswell to officially start the provincial election period.

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Ontario COVID-19 modelling shows high-level cresting of cases, but ICUs and workplaces major issues

Ontario’s COVID-19 paid sick leave program to include 3 days for workers “Workplace mobility is too high. Limiting essential workplaces and keeping sick workers at home will help control cases.”The announcement came as Ontario reported 3,871 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday.

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COVID-19: After recent hints, Ontario government set to make announcement on paid sick days

COVID-19, sources not authorized to speak publicly tell Global News the Ontario government is set to unveil details.Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy and Labour Minister Monte McNaughton scheduled a news conference at Queen’s Park for 3:15 p.m.

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Ontario’s auditor general to release special report on COVID-19 long-term care readiness, response

Ontario’s auditor general is set to table a second special report at Queen’s Park on Wednesday that further probes the provincial government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.Bonnie Lysyk’s report, which her office previously said was set to focus on the management of COVID-19 spending, personal protective equipment and issues in long-term care, will be presented to the legislature Wednesday morning.In late November, Lysyk released the findings of her first major examination of the government’s handling of the pandemic.

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COVID-19: Ontario proposes federal benefit top-up as plan on sick day program still not announced

Doug Ford promised “one of the best” paid sick day programs in North America, it appears the provincial government is considering a move that would double the amount of money people can receive if they need to take time off due to COVID-19.However, as of Tuesday, many questions and concerns remain unaddressed, including if there will be provisions to stop pay interruption and issues with timely access to funding — points advocates and opposition politicians have repeatedly said poses barriers to those in need.In a letter obtained by Global News on Tuesday, Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy wrote Deputy Prime Minister and federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland to say the provincial government would provide a $500 per week

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COVID-19: Canadian military preparing to send ICU nurses, medics after Ontario’s request for help

COVID-19 cases and crushing patient loads at intensive care units, the Canadian Armed Forces is preparing for a potential deployment of medical personnel to the province after a recent request for assistance.“There are over 1,900 patients with COVID-19 in the province of Ontario’s hospitals and of those, 659 are being treated in intensive care for COVID-related illnesses. Nearly 450 patients that are in critical care require a ventilator to breathe,” an unclassified warning order obtained by Global News on Monday said.“COVID variants of concern have spread rapidly in Ontario in recent weeks and in particular in the Greater Toronto Area.

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Ornge air ambulance working around the clock to transfer critical COVID-19 patients across Ontario

COVID-19 cases, paramedics with Ornge air ambulance and other paramedic services have been working around the clock to transfer patients across the province in order to help manage strained intensive care unit capacity.“There’s nothing we can compare it to. It is the most busy we have ever been.

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Ontario government checking report of 2nd rare blood clot linked to AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine

Ontario government officials officials say they are working to confirm a report of a second instance of a man in his 60s who developed a blood clot after receiving the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine after being contacted by Global News.In an announcement released Friday morning, it was revealed a man in his 60s developed a clot after receiving his first dose of the vaccine (vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia, which is also known as VITT).

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Ontario government workers get paid COVID-19 vaccine time, but why aren’t all private-sector workers?

provincial government workers were told they can get COVID-19 vaccinations without using unpaid or vacation time, Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs have voted twice against NDP motions looking to extend the same ability to all private-sector workers.This week’s votes came as Ontario’s COVID-19 Science Advisory Table, a body of 40 doctors, medical experts and scientists, released a joint letter on Tuesday urging stronger public health measures to be imposed.Among the six priority areas was the need to ensure essential workers are paid to stay home when they are sick, when they are exposed to COVID-19, or when they need time to get vaccinated.“An emergency benefit that offers more money, is easily accessible, immediately paid and

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COVID-19: Peel police officer accuses Global News journalist of agitating protesters, hugs attendees

Peel Regional Police spokesperson says the service is looking into the conduct of an officer who accused a Global News journalist of “agitating” protesters by filming those in attendance who are pushing for a Mississauga gym to reopen as well as hugging and posing for photos.Sean O’Shea, a consumer and investigative reporter with Global Toronto, was at Huf Gym near Cawthra Road and Dundas Street East on Friday to report on continuing protests by the facility’s owners, employees, customers and supporters over the Ontario government’s current COVID-19 restrictions that have temporarily ordered gyms closed.Earlier in the week, O’Shea reported on how Huf Gym reopened for patrons despite the province seeing record-high cases.

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Feds receive ‘draft’ request from Ontario for assistance as COVID-19 cases soar, spokesperson says

COVID-19 cases.“We are working closely with Ontario, and all provinces and territories, to help support them through this pandemic,” Mary-Liz Power, the director of communications to Minister Bill Blair, told Global News in a statement Thursday evening.“We have received Ontario’s draft letter.

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Ontario’s associate chief medical officer of health calls current COVID-19 situation ‘dire’

COVID-19 situation in the province is “dire.”“I really wish I had better news to give you today,” Dr. Barbara Yaffe told reporters at Queen’s Park Thursday afternoon.“I have been providing updates to Ontarians for over a year now and at some of the previous press conferences I referred to the situation as worrisome and even scary.

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Concerns raised about Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccination patient data after information breaches

Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout hampered by shipment delays, provincial government insists “I mean it has the last four digits of your health card, your name, your date of birth, it’s got the hospital or vaccine site where you get vaccinated — that shouldn’t be made public to anyone else.”Global News also learned of a separate data breach at University Health Network (UHN) involving the information of 200 people that was shared with others in error.Gillian Howard, a spokesperson for UHN, confirmed the incident in an email statement on Thursday.

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Grey Bruce Health Unit declares COVID-19 critical threshold amid case surge, ‘untruthful’ contact tracing

Grey Bruce Health Unit has issued an urgent warning for the region and has declared a COVID-19 critical threshold due to soaring cases and trouble conducting contact tracing.“If we do not implement drastic measures at this juncture, the pandemic will spiral out of control,” a message posted on the unit’s Facebook page Wednesday evening said.“We have identified over 70 new confirmed cases across Grey Bruce in the last 36 hours with the potential to generate hundreds of additional close contacts.”The public health department said the major driver in cases has been people not following Ontario’s lockdown restrictions.

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Ontario government adding ICU beds, hiring nursing students to deal with COVID-19 case surge

Ontario reports 4,401 COVID-19 cases, another record of ICU patients The province reported 4,401 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday – more than 1,280 in Toronto – and 15 new deaths due to the virus.

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Toronto could see 2,500 daily COVID-19 cases by end of April, medical officer of health says

COVID-19 cases per day by the end of April.Medical officer of health Dr. Eileen de Villa says the surging rates are being driven by more transmissible variants of concern in the community.De Villa says the current record for daily cases in Toronto is 1,642 and was set during the second wave of the pandemic.She says the city is vaccinating more people against the virus but that still won’t be enough to offset the impact of the variants.

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York Region to close some COVID-19 vaccine clinics due to lack of supply

COVID-19 vaccination clinics due to a lack of supply.“Regrettably, we are now facing an imminent and serious reduction in vaccines given new delays in the Moderna shipment for York Region expected to arrive next week (April 12),” a statement issued on Friday said.“Due directly to this delay, we are now unable to accommodate many of the newly announced eligibility groups outlined this week by the provincial government, including offering COVID-19 vaccines to residents between the ages of 60 and 64.” Ontario government issues emergency orders to bolster hospital capacity as COVID-19 cases soar Staff with the municipality said there are still a limited number of vaccination appointments over the weekend, but the Region’s clinics at Canada’s

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Ontario government issues emergency orders to bolster hospital capacity as COVID-19 cases soar

COVID-19 patients arriving at hospitals prompted the orders that are effective immediately.Elliott says patients will only be transferred to an alternate site when a hospital experiences “a major surge event.”The province has been transferring patients between hospitals for months to accommodate a growing number of COVID-19 cases, but those transfers were done with the patient’s permission.

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Migrant farm worker COVID-19 vaccine pilot project to occur at Toronto Pearson airport on weekend

COVID-19 vaccines to migrant farm workers arriving at Toronto’s international airport through a pilot project this weekend, The Canadian Press has learned.A spokesman for the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs says the pilot will run early Saturday morning, offering shots to 200 workers arriving on a flight from Mexico.Officials from the ministries of health and agriculture, health-care practitioners and representatives from the Mexican consulate will be at Pearson International Airport to meet the group, offering doses after the workers pass through customs.The arriving workers will be offered doses of the Moderna vaccine, which will be administered in a screened-off area after they take a mandatory COVID-19 test upon

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Ontario government suggests more COVID-19 restrictions coming, but details not revealed

COVID-19 cases and increased admissions to intensive care units.During separate news conferences on Tuesday, both Premier Doug Ford and Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. David Williams indicated all options are “on the table.” However, they didn’t provide details on specific measures being considered or when those measures might be put into place.

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COVID-19 vaccines to come to Ontario’s hot spots for those 50+, provincial portal bookings expanding to 60+

COVID-19 hot spot neighbourhoods will be able to get their vaccines in the coming weeks.The government says prioritizing those communities located in 13 public health units will help prevent the spread of COVID-19.Officials say many of the people who live in those hot spot neighbourhoods are essential workers.The 13 public health units are: Durham, Halton, Hamilton, Niagara, Ottawa, Peel, Simcoe-Muskoka, Southwestern, Toronto, Waterloo, Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph, Windsor-Essex, and York Region.

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Ontario’s COVID-19 ’emergency brake’ shutdown takes effect on Saturday

Ontario government is imposing a provincewide “shutdown” in an effort to combat a recent spike in COVID-19 infections.Premier Doug Ford says the change will take effect Saturday and continue for at least four weeks.The government is asking Ontarians to limit trips outside the home to necessities such as food, medication and other essential services.

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Here’s what you can and can’t do during Ontario’s COVID-19 ’emergency brake’ shutdown

COVID-19 in Ontario and reduce the strain on hospital intensive care units, the provincial government moved to activate its “emergency brake” shutdown restrictions.Officials said as of 12:01 a.m.

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Ontario government moves to activate 4-week, provincewide COVID-19 ’emergency brake’

Ontario government is moving to activate an “emergency brake” for four weeks across the entire province in response to rising COVID-19 cases and strained capacity at intensive care units, multiple sources tell Global News.While the move came after an hours-long meeting of the Ontario cabinet on Wednesday, several health-care professionals in the province have pleaded for government intervention in recent weeks.Many of the logistical details were still being sorted out Wednesday evening.

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Ontario budget to spend billions on emerging from COVID-19 pandemic

COVID-19, help small businesses and support families.But the promises contained in the budget the Progressive Conservatives unveiled Wednesday come at a steep cost – a $33.1-billion deficit that the province won’t be able to eliminate until 2029.About $6.7 billion will go toward pandemic-related measures, including $1 billion for the vaccine effort and an additional $2.3 billion for testing and contact tracing this year.

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Here’s who’s eligible for COVID-19 vaccines in 2nd phase of Ontario’s plan

Ontario government moves closer to moving into the second phase of its COVID-19 vaccination plan, questions have been growing about who will be eligible to be inoculated as supply increases.According to the government’s plan announced earlier in 2021, health-care workers across Ontario are expected to move into phase two of the three-phase plan sometime in April.Officials have repeatedly said the ability to advance in the plan is going to be dependent on the supply of the four approved vaccines (Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, Oxford-AstraZeneca, and Johnson and Johnson), but an estimated date to begin phase two wasn’t available as of mid-March.As of March 23, more than 301 people in Ontario received both required COVID-19 vaccine doses and

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Ontario government plans to spend $933M on increasing, improving long-term care spaces

Ontario government plans to spend $933 million to create more beds in long-term care and upgrade facilities in the sector.In a statement released Thursday afternoon, the government says the funding will create 7,510 new beds in long-term care and upgrade 4,197 existing spaces.It says the initiative, which includes 80 projects, will reduce waitlists for beds.

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Coronavirus: Capacity limits increased for weddings, funerals under Ontario’s grey lockdown restrictions

Ontario government has announced an increase in capacity limits for weddings, funerals, and other religious services and ceremonies being held in regions placed under the province’s grey lockdown level of restrictions in the COVID-19 response framework.According to a statement issued by officials, weddings, funerals, religious services, rites and ceremonies will be allowed to operate with up to 15 per cent of approved total indoor occupancy as of 12:01 a.m. on March 15.

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Ontario data shows coronavirus case declines levelled off, postponed procedures pose major concern

Ontario government‘s latest modelling data suggests progress in reducing coronavirus cases has stalled and deferred medical procedures and screening is poised to have a heavy impact on the health-care system.“Declines in community cases and test positivity have levelled off. Cases are increasing in most public health units as we see mobility rise,” Dr.

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Ontario government to deliver 2nd COVID-19 pandemic budget March 24

Ontario’s finance minister says the province will deliver its 2021-2022 budget on March 24.Peter Bethlenfalvy says the spending plan will be the province’s second of the pandemic and will focus on funding measures to “defeat” COVID-19. Coronavirus: Ontario projects $2.6B more in COVID-19 pandemic spending since fall budget He says that will include spending to ensure all Ontario residents are vaccinated against the virus.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Bethlenfalvy says the budget will also include measures to help the province’s economy recover from the recession caused by the pandemic.

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All 1st doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered in remote northern Ontario First Nations

COVID-19 vaccine to people living in 31 fly-in northern First Nations and Moosonee.The 31 remote communities and Moosonee were selected as a part of a vaccine initiative dubbed Operation Remote Immunity, which was set up to offer coronavirus immunizations to Indigenous elder care home residents and First Nations that face a disproportionate risk of COVID-19 infection.

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Hamilton-area MP calls for major easing of Ontario’s COVID-19 restrictions

COVID-19 restrictions in Ontario. David Sweet, who represents the Hamilton riding of Flamborough-Glanbrook, said it’s time for a more focused approach in the province, protecting those most at risk and leaving those at low risk to go back to some normalcy.“Seniors, long-term care homes, congregate settings; helping people that have pre-existing conditions that feel unsafe with income helps. That’s where the focus should be with efforts and resources,” Sweet told Global News on Thursday.While he is a member of the federal government and most health protocols have been left up to the provinces, Sweet said he believes the Ford government should move Ontario to the green prevent level on its COVID-19 response framework.

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Education minister criticized for low COVID-19 testing in Ontario schools

Stephen Lecce faced pointed questions from the opposition at Queen’s Park on Wednesday related to the Ontario government’s plan for asymptomatic coronavirus testing among students and educators.Capacity currently exists to process approximately 50,000 tests at schools a week, but much of that capacity remains underutilized.“The fact that they are so slow in terms of the asymptomatic testing in schools is really troubling when we know that there continue to be more and more cases in schools,” Ontario NDP education critic Marit Stiles said during question period.Right now, 24 schools in Ontario are closed due to COVID-19 and 672 currently have at least one case reported.

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Ontario government warns health care providers of counterfeit N95 masks sent from stockpile

N95 masks to health-care providers.The province could not immediately say how many of the counterfeit 3M masks it acquired for its stockpile, or how many were given to health-care workers.The Ministry of Health notified health-care providers of the masks today and asked them to search their supply for the equipment by product number.

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Ontario government could have moved faster on COVID-19 vaccine booking site, experts say

COVID-19 — has already been piloted, but the government said it won’t go live until the province is sure it can withstand the large volume of requests expected.Experts said, however, that the government should have been able to have the site up and running earlier.Nancy Walton, a professor of nursing at Ryerson University with a specialization in mobile technologies, said the province has had plenty of time to plan its vaccine rollout and could have launched the web portal well in advance of the appointments that will be booked through it.

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Coronavirus: Ontario government to make announcement on COVID-19 vaccines

Ontario government is scheduled to make an update on the province’s coronavirus vaccination program.General (Ret.) Rick Hillier, who is the chair of the COVID-19 vaccine distribution task force, will be making the announcement at Queen’s Park at 10 a.m. on Wednesday.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]The news conference will be streamed on GlobalNews.ca.

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Ontario government to ramp up rapid testing in schools, LTCs and some workplaces in coming weeks

COVID-19 testing in schools, long-term care homes and essential workplaces.Once the program has ramped up, health officials say they expect to have one million rapid tests distributed every week.The ultimate goal, officials say, is that people in the priority settings will be screened multiple times a week.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]They could not provide a timeline though, noting it would depend on how many tests Ontario would secure through the federal government.

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Coronavirus: Ontario government set to make announcement on March Break

Ontario government is set to make an announcement on March Break on Thursday, and it’s one that could potentially see the annual week-long vacation postponed.Deputy Premier and Health Minister Christine Elliott, Education Minister Stephen Lecce and Ontario’s chief medical officer of health, Dr. David Williams, are scheduled to speak at a 2 p.m.

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Ontario government extends off-peak electricity rates to Feb. 22

Coronavirus: Ontario government extends off-peak electricity rate cap by nearly 2 weeks “We know staying at home means using more electricity during the day when electricity prices are higher,” said Greg Rickford, Minister of Energy, Northern Development and Mines, Minister of Indigenous Affairs.“That’s why we are once again extending the off-peak electricity rate to provide households, small businesses and farms with stable and predictable electricity bills when they need it most.”The government said the off-peak rate came into effect on Jan.

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Vehicle sticker or driver’s licence expired in 2020? Both still legal in Ontario for now

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Coronavirus: Ontario government expected to announce school reopening plan Wednesday

COVID-19 can reopen next week for in-person learning.The decision will follow a recommendation from the province’s chief medical officer of health, Dr. David Williams.Education Minister Stephen Lecce says parents need to know if schools will reopen for in-person learning so they have time to prepare.The province has previously said that schools in five COVID-19 hot spots as well as several other regions would reopen for in-person learning by Feb.

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Coronavirus: Ontario won’t make Feb. 5 goal of vaccinating all LTC, high-risk retirement residents

COVID-19 vaccine by Friday.The province says it will now take until Feb. 10 to give the first shot to all long-term care, high-risk retirement and First Nations elder care home residents.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]The government says it expects to receive about 80 per cent fewer doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine over the first two weeks of this month.It says shipments are set to return nearly to previously expected levels starting Feb.

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Coronavirus: Rapid tests key to reopening remaining southern Ontario schools, top doctor says

COVID-19 testing in schools.Dr. David Williams says the tests will allow for greater surveillance of the virus and will help students return to in-person learning across the province.Schools in several regions of southern Ontario — including the Greater Toronto Area — have been entirely online since the beginning of January.Williams has said the province hopes to open them by Feb.

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Ontario to start mandatory traveller coronavirus testing at Toronto Pearson airport on Monday

COVID-19 test on arrival starting Monday.A senior government source says the province will move forward with the traveller testing despite a similar federal program announced today that’s set to ramp up in the coming weeks.The source says Ontario’s chief medical officer will use authority granted to him under public health legislation to impose the mandatory tests.

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Doctor says contract as GTA hospital’s interim critical care director terminated after government criticism

coronavirus pandemic.Dr. Brooks Fallis told Global News in a statement Wednesday evening he was “deeply disappointed” by the organization’s decision, which he said he was told about in mid-January.“It was a surprise as the feedback I was given about my performance over the past year as interim medical director of critical care had been positive and especially because I had already received an offer to extend my contract,” Fallis wrote.

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Ontario closer to requiring all arriving international travellers at Pearson airport to get coronavirus tests

Ontario government is closer to requiring all international travellers arriving at Toronto Pearson International Airport to be tested for coronavirus if the federal government fails to enact a similar requirement, a senior provincial government source tells Global News.The source, who wasn’t authorized to speak publicly, said Dr. David Williams, Ontario’s chief medical officer of health, is “strongly considering” issuing a Section 22 order under the province’s Health Protection and Promotion Act.As of Wednesday evening, it wasn’t clear when that order might be issued.The development comes just a day after Premier Doug Ford touted a pilot program that saw more than 6,800 international passengers be tested on a voluntary basis.

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Doctors, researchers, advocates call for long-term care home changes from Ontario government

COVID-19 in long-term care.The group says in a letter released today that the situation constitutes a humanitarian crisis.They say the province’s nursing homes are still seeing staffing shortages, poor infection control, and a delayed response to outbreaks.

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Ontario recovers $11M in COVID-19 benefits allegedly taken by senior civil servant accused of fraud

COVID-19 benefits the province alleges he took fraudulently, his lawyer said Friday.The unproven civil claim named Sanjay Madan, who had a senior IT role and helped develop the computer application for applying and approving the benefit for families with children.In a brief statement, Madan’s lawyer Christopher Du Vernet confirmed his client had made the repayment.“In fact, the province has recovered in excess of the funds it presently alleges Mr. Madan took from the Families Support Program,” Du Vernet said.

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