Ontario’s chief medical officer of health says as COVID-19 cases are rising, people should consider wearing masks indoors, adding that he would ask for mask mandates if the situation required it.
“If there is any significant impact on our health system where we can’t care for Ontarians appropriately, I will absolutely have the conversation with government (around) whether we have to mandate masking for a set period of time,” Moore told Global News.
Moore also expressed concern about the low uptake of COVID-19 vaccine boosters.
“Sixteen percent is absolutely not acceptable to me,” he told the news outlet.
In a separate interview with CP24 on Oct. 13, Moore said he sees a risk of a resurgence of COVID-19 cases and an increase in patients being admitted to intensive care units in the past several weeks….