COVID-19 wave fueled by the highly-contagious Omicron variant is a “good thing.”In a pandemic update on Monday, Dr. Elizabeth Richardson said the 21-day increments should give provincial and public health units adequate time to observe shifts in the population’s mobility and its effects on key virus infection data.“I think that’s a good period of time.
It allows some time to see what the shifts in … the regulations bring as they as move through them,” said Richardson.“As we return to learning over this last little while, it does give us some time to see what the impacts have been from that change as well as we go forward.” Doug Ford says he can’t see Ontario mask mandates lifting anytime soon On Jan.
31, the province will move into the next phase of a rollback of public health measures characterized as “cautious and gradual” by Premier Doug Ford earlier in the month.Social gatherings are set to be increased to 10 people indoors and 25 people outdoors while businesses, attractions and larger events will be able to operate at 50-per cent capacity.For Hamilton it means arenas, recreation centres, gyms, indoor swimming pools and some museums will open next week where staff is available.The Dundurn National Historic Site, Hamilton Military Museum and Museum of Steam and Technology will reopen on Feb.
1, but all other city-run museums will stay closed.Emergency Operations Centre chief Jason Throne revealed the closures are due to staffers redeployed to the city’s vaccination campaign.