Wed Aug 18, 2021 – 3:22 pm EDT
TORONTO (LifeSiteNews) – The Ontario government is pausing its reopening plans and has instead called for new COVID-19 vaccine policies in certain settings, with the province’s chief medical officer of health Dr. Kieran Moore expressing that he is “sorry to say, I think it’s going to be a difficult fall and winter.”
Ontario has been one of the most locked down regions in North America since the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic. While many regions of Canada and the United States have fully, or almost fully opened, Ontario has not. Currently the province is in what it has called “step three” of its reopening plan. It is not a severe lockdown like during previous months; however, restrictions still affect the majority of activities for most citizens.
Mask mandates are still in place for indoor settings, religious gatherings still require masks and physical distancing, and retail settings are limiting customers allowed in at a given time.
According to Dr. Moore, the province is putting a stop to any reopening in order to “protect those under 12 years of age who can’t get immunized and to protect those settings.” The
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