COVID-19 variants circulating across the country, health officials are warning Canadians to stay vigilant, keep their distance and wear a mask.But what about gathering outside?
Because the variants can be more transmissible, do people have to wear masks more frequently outdoors or keep more than two metres apart?
Will the more deadly COVID-19 variants ruin our summer? Here’s what experts are saying Although experts are torn on this answer, there is one consistent message: gathering outdoors is still much safer than congregating indoors.According to Dr.
Zain Chagla, an infectious disease physician at St. Joseph’s Healthcare in Hamilton, other infectious diseases have shown they do not evolve to become more contagious outside.