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Ford orders lockdown for all of Ontario starting Boxing Day
Hospitals warning of unsustainable burden on front-line health-care workers
CBC News ? Posted: Dec 21, 2020 7:50 AM ET | Last Updated: 1 minute ago
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is speaking at a news conference beginning at 1 p.m. ET at Queen's Park. Ford is joined by Minister of Health Christine Elliott, Minister of Education Stephen Lecce, Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. David Williams and Dr. Naveed Mohammad, President and CEO of William Osler Health System.
You can watch the news conference live in this story.
All of Ontario will move into a lockdown on Boxing Day in a bid to curb climbing COVID-19 case numbers and spare hospitals and their intensive care units from being inundated in January, Premier Doug Ford said Monday.
The lockdown will begin at 12:01 a.m. on Dec. 26 and remain in place until at least Jan. 23, 2021 in the 27 public health units that comprise southern Ontario.
In the seven public health units in Ontario's north, where daily case numbers have been significantly lower, the lockdown is set to expire on Jan. 9, 2021.
"If we fail to take actions now, the consequences will be catastrophic," Ford said.
Under the lockdown, schools in southern Ontario will switch to remote learning when classes resume in the new year. Elementary schools will be closed for in-class learning until at least Jan. 11 while secondary schools will remain closed until Jan. 25.
All public and private schools — both elementary and secondary — in Northern Ontario would be permitted to resume in-person learning on Jan. 11.
Child care centres will remain open for the duration of the provincewide shutdown...
Ford orders lockdown for all of Ontario starting Boxing Day
Hospitals warning of unsustainable burden on front-line health-care workers
CBC News ? Posted: Dec 21, 2020 7:50 AM ET | Last Updated: 1 minute ago
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is speaking at a news conference beginning at 1 p.m. ET at Queen's Park. Ford is joined by Minister of Health Christine Elliott, Minister of Education Stephen Lecce, Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. David Williams and Dr. Naveed Mohammad, President and CEO of William Osler Health System.
You can watch the news conference live in this story.
All of Ontario will move into a lockdown on Boxing Day in a bid to curb climbing COVID-19 case numbers and spare hospitals and their intensive care units from being inundated in January, Premier Doug Ford said Monday.
The lockdown will begin at 12:01 a.m. on Dec. 26 and remain in place until at least Jan. 23, 2021 in the 27 public health units that comprise southern Ontario.
In the seven public health units in Ontario's north, where daily case numbers have been significantly lower, the lockdown is set to expire on Jan. 9, 2021.
"If we fail to take actions now, the consequences will be catastrophic," Ford said.
Under the lockdown, schools in southern Ontario will switch to remote learning when classes resume in the new year. Elementary schools will be closed for in-class learning until at least Jan. 11 while secondary schools will remain closed until Jan. 25.
All public and private schools — both elementary and secondary — in Northern Ontario would be permitted to resume in-person learning on Jan. 11.
Child care centres will remain open for the duration of the provincewide shutdown...