Ontario’s chief medical officer of health has announced that most of province’s remaining mask mandates will be lifted come Saturday.In a statement released Wednesday, Dr.
Kieran Moore said most of the province’s remaining masking requirements will be lifted as of 12 a.m.It means the provincial requirement to wear masks in many settings deemed high risk will be dropped, though organizations can continue to make their own rules.The province’s mask mandate for most indoor public settings lifted on March 21, but rules were kept in place for settings deemed higher risk.Higher-risk settings included public transit, health-care settings, long-term care and retirement homes, as well as shelters and other congregate care settings that provide services to “medically and socially vulnerable individuals,” the province said.Mandates for those settings were previously set to be lifted on April 27, but were extended to June 11.
Most remaining Ontario COVID mask mandates lifting on Saturday Most of Ontario’s remaining mask mandates will be lifted on Saturday, but masking will still be required in long-term care and retirement homes, Moore said Wednesday.The province will no longer require masks to be work on public transit.Directives will also be revoked and replaced with guidance from the Ministry of Health for health-care workers and organizations.Masking is still recommended in in “higher-risk congregate settings,” like group homes and shelters, Moore said.
Ontario COVID numbers: 549 people in hospital, 118 in intensive care “While masking requirements are expiring, organizations may implement their own policies,” Moore noted in his statement.Several hospitals have confirmed to Global News that they will be keeping masking.