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Ontario reports 81 new cases of COVID-19 and no new deaths...
TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 81 new cases of COVID-19 and no new deaths related to the virus.
The total number of cases now stands...
Ontario reports fewer than 100 new cases of COVID-19 for sixth...
TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 70 new cases of COVID-19 and one new death related to the virus today.
Health Minister Christine Elliott says it marks...
Ontario sees uptick in new COVID-19 cases, 31 additional deaths
TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 31 further COVID-19 deaths today and more than 200 cases for the first time in six days.
The province reported...
Ontario families can soon start visiting long-term care residents again
TORONTO — Ontarians can resume visiting loved ones in long-term care homes next week, with restrictions in place, including that they test negative for...
Mother’s Day gatherings boosted COVID-19 cases, health minister says
TORONTO — Mother's Day gatherings contrary to physical distancing rules helped boost Ontario's COVID-19 cases, the health minister said Monday, and those rising numbers...
Ontario government issues new emergency order on long-term care homes
TORONTO — Ontario issued a new emergency order on Wednesday allowing it to temporarily replace management at some long-term care homes struggling to contain...
Ontario wants to change PPE directive for long-term care workers, union...
TORONTO — Ontario is trying to "water down" guidelines that give health-care workers in long-term care homes access to N95 masks, the union representing them...
Ontario to shift testing focus to vulnerable groups, raise daily capacity...
TORONTO — Ontario will quadruple its COVID-19 testing capacity over the next month while shifting focus to those most vulnerable, officials announced Friday as a group home...
Health minister urges Ontarians to get flu shots
TORONTO — Health Minister Christine Elliott is urging Ontarians to get their flu shots, saying that last year 5,000 people in the province were...
Ontario might let paramedics take patients to facilities other than ERs
TORONTO — Proposed changes to ambulance rules in Ontario could see paramedics take patients to facilities other than a hospital emergency department, or treat them and release...
