Ontario to end COVID proof of vaccination March 1, mask mandate to remain in place Ontario’s vaccine certificate system is ending March 1, when proof of vaccination will no longer be required in public settings, though businesses may choose to keep it in place on their own.
But those are very different places than institutions caring for vulnerable patients, Gaskin said.“It’s also a choice,” he said. “So in that restaurant, you’ve chosen to go into it.
In that gym, you can keep some social distancing. Our patients can’t do that.”Visitors at many hospitals are also required to be double vaccinated and hospitals have also placed limits on the number of people allowed to visit during the pandemic.It’s not a policy that was entered into lightly, said Gaskin.“That requirement is not the philosophy that we like to operate under,” he said. “When you create barriers to it, you do exclude people.
Ultimately, we will want to move to withdraw them … it’s just when will be the right time.”Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance president and CEO Andrew Williams said having access to loved ones as a patient is important, but so is maintaining a safe environment in the hospital.