Ontario’s chief medical officer Dr. Kieran Moore says the province will lift most remaining COVID-19 mask mandates this Saturday, including those that require people to wear masks on public transit or visiting hospitals.
In a statement released on June 8, Moore said most of Ontario’s masking rules will “expire as of 12:00 a.m. on June 11, 2022.”
The order was supposed to end on April 27 but was extended to June after the province said on April 22 that it was dealing with the “sixth wave” of the pandemic at the time.
Moore said Wednesday with the improvement in Ontario’s COVID-19 situation and high vaccination rates, the order is set to end on June 11 for most settings….