Dr. Kieran Moore was on ‘personal trip’ last week amid calls to address 6th COVID wave in Ontario

Dr. Kieran Moore was on a “planned personal trip” last week amid calls to address the sixth wave of COVID-19 in the province.“While away, he was in regular contact with his team, including an acting chief medical officer of health as well as associate chief medical officers of health and other ministry officials who continued to assess public health indicators and advise government accordingly,” a spokesperson for the Ministry of Health told Global News in an email.The news was first reported by CityNews early Tuesday.

The report said Moore took a trip to the Dominican Republic. Ontario not returning to widespread mandate, but top doc strongly recommends masking There are currently no advisories in place advising against international travel to stop anyone from taking a trip.However, the media asked government officials last week several times about Moore’s whereabouts as COVID-19 figures trend upwards in Ontario.At a press conference on Wednesday, Premier Doug Ford was asked whether he thought Moore should be made more available.“Well let me tell you about Dr.

Moore. Dr. Moore is one of the hardest working people I’ve ever met,” Ford said.“He never rests. He works around the clock for the people of Ontario and like yesterday, he had a meeting will all public health officers throughout the province.

He is on the job 24/7 looking at the figures, looking at the stats and giving myself and our cabinet advice and he’s done an incredible job from day one.”Last Tuesday, Health Minister Christine Elliott was also asked why Moore has not done interviews with the media since he stopped his regular briefings last month.“That was Dr.