As Ontario braces for a tidal wave of Omicron cases, the Kingston area is already struggling to contain the new variant of concern that has flamed through the city, forcing the region to enact new public health restrictions now among the toughest in the province.
Ontario will unveil new restrictions to protect nursing home residents from COVID-19 and is working to begin offering boosters for those 18 and over sooner than Jan. 4 as the Omicron variant spreads more rapidly than predicted just days ago.
If you remember the beginning of this pandemic, before the NBA’s Rudy Gobert woke everyone up, almost nothing could move fast enough. COVID-19 popped up and spread and still sports arenas, restaurants, bars, nightclubs, gyms and more were full, and normal. Then came escalating states of emergency, and the clumsy machinery of government and society, all of us trying to clunk to a halt.
If you remember the beginning of this pandemic, before the NBA’s Rudy Gobert woke everyone up, almost nothing could move fast enough. COVID-19 popped up and spread and still sports arenas, restaurants, bars, nightclubs, gyms and more were full, and normal. Then came escalating states of emergency, and the clumsy machinery of government and society, all of us trying to clunk to a halt.
Omicron is spreading at a rate we haven’t seen so far in the pandemic, according to updated data released Monday by the province’s science table, and the public should brace for very high numbers of infections.
In another sign of mounting concern over spread of COVID-19’s Omicron variant, the city of Toronto has cancelled plans to force almost 9,000 remotely working employees back into city offices starting Jan. 4.
The appointment of two new citizen representatives has revived the Taro industrial dump’s community liaison committee from near death while also sparking questions about the site’s dust impacts.
The latest coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Sunday. This file will be updated throughout the day. Web links to longer stories if available.
The latest coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Sunday. This file will be updated throughout the day. Web links to longer stories if available.