Ministry Extends School Closures for the Rest of This Year. UPDATE: Ontario Schools Will Remain Closed Until May. • Along with the school closures Dr. Theresa Tam says the months ahead might be harder than what the country has experienced since the beginning of the pandemic. Quebec’s protocol instructs hospitals to begin preparing when intensive care units reach 150 per cent capacity and to implement the protocol when they reach 200 per cent. Several Ontario Universities Are Prepping For Closures Due To COVID-19 Laurentian University has already closed. 14, 2020. Click here to read more COVID-19 coverage from Monday. Health officials say they administered 7,058 doses of vaccine Monday, for a total of 99,510. Skate Canada says the two events are being cancelled because of the “evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic across Canada.”. Responding to Anti-Black Racism: Resources to Support Parents and Students . Airlines have been lobbying for pre-flight testing to replace broad travel restrictions between the U.S. and the rest of the world. CP24 - Toronto's Breaking News for the GTA, with CP24 Breakfast, Sports, Video, Traffic Times and Weather and more. A second councillor, Ward 1 regional councillor Kevin Ashe, also revealed he travelled to the Bahamas to honour his stepson who died in 2018. One of them, who is already suspended from her work in neonatal intensive care, is also facing an investigation by her hospital in London, Ont. Republication or distribution of this content is It’s the second day in a row — and the third day since Dec. 17 — Quebec has reported fewer than 2,000 new infections. He is now calling for a Safe Restart 2.0 agreement as the pandemic stretches into its second fiscal year. Lab School Closure and COVID-19 Information on COVID-19 The Trump administration also is pushing to expand the number of places where people can be vaccinated by adding community health centres and additional drug stores. Despite a provincial lockdown imposed last month, Brown said many people are not avoiding contact with people outside of their household. Preschool, kindergarten, 1st grade, and 2nd grade; 3rd-5th grade ; 6th-9th grade; 10th-12th grade; Food Places for children to get breakfast, lunch, and dinner; Working remotely while kids are home. Ontario schools closure to be extended past April 6 Back to video “We have to see where we are going with this virus,” Ford said. WATCH ABOVE: Approximately 100,000 Ontarians will head back to school as early as January 25. OCDSB launches Report Card Portal. Incidents and Closures may also be viewed on the Ontario 511 Interactive Map. Airlines are ordered to stop passengers from boarding if they don’t have proof of a negative test. Numbers. The province says one new case of the disease has been identified in central Nova Scotia and is a close contact of a previously reported case. For in-person classes — masks required for all students, starting in Grade 1, and also outdoors. He said the vaccine production is such that the second dose of the two-shot vaccine can be released without jeopardizing immunization for those who got the first shot. 9:55 a.m.: Ontario is reporting 15 more deaths in long-term care homes for a total of 2,995 overall. Health officials on Tuesday said the number of hospitalizations linked to the virus rose by 61, to 1,497, and 221 people were in intensive care, a rise of 10. 12:10 p.m.: Speaking about the reported cases at the modelling presentation Tuesday, Ontario’s associate chief medical officer of health said five of the eight cases have been linked to recent travel to the U.K., but the remaining three have not yet been traced. Canadian Press. Tuesday 4 a.m. India has started shipping COVID-19 vaccines to multiple cities, four days ahead of the nationwide inoculation drive. Many are sealed with plastic wrapping, others are labelled “infection risk,” “urgent” or simply “COVID.”. Anand says it remains possible that Canada could decide to buy the other 36 million doses too. The data projects that under the current COVID-19 restrictions, daily deaths from the virus will double from 50 to 100 by the end of February. 4:10 p.m.: A Quebec restaurant is launching a class-action lawsuit against food delivery companies for the alleged exorbitant and abusive commissions they are charging during the pandemic. Government of Canada Province of Ontario. All high schools in Ontario had be closed for in-person learning until Jan. 2:10 p.m.: Two Canadian nurses who spoke at an anti-lockdown rally in Washington, D.C., on the day of the deadly storming of the Capitol are under investigation by their regulatory body. “For the staff and the community it feels like a slap in the face,” said Natalie Mehra, executive director of the Ontario Health Coalition. Ontario school closures extended to May, online learning to bridge gap. Stay tuned for more updates. “The situation is a little bit tense for us at the moment,” Schaldach said as another undertaker’s van pulled up outside. “Testing does not eliminate all risk,” CDC Director Robert R. Redfield said in a statement. 1:30 p.m.: Prince Edward Island reported one new case of COVID-19 on Tuesday. The seven-day average is down slightly to 3,523 cases daily, or 169 weekly per 100,000. COVID ICU occupancy is now more than 400 beds. The new data shows the growth of COVID-19 is accelerating in Ontario, growing at seven per cent on the “worst days.”. The document stresses that decisions cannot be made in a discriminatory manner or based on the “social value” of any individual’s life. Ford says he knows everyone “wants to return to normal,” but stressed the health-care system is “on the brink of collapse.”. The data also shows a quarter of the province’s hospitals now have no intensive care unit beds free and another quarter have only one or two beds free. That’s a really serious issue.”, Read the full story from the Star’s Kenyon Wallace. “His requested vacation was board approved. Ottawa schools won't reopen Monday as planned Updated The crematorium would typically have 70 to 100 caskets on site at this time of year, when the flu season takes its toll on the elderly. The CDC order is “a reasonable approach” to reducing the risk of new variants from abroad entering the U.S., said Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of Brown University’s School of Public Health. Quebec is reported 1,934 new cases of COVID-19 Tuesday and 47 more deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus, including 13 within the preceding 24 hours. “Uber Eats supports restaurants by driving demand with marketing campaigns, eliminating activation fees, instituting daily payments, and providing flexible options,” he said. Eastern Ontario's French public school board says virtual learning will continue for its students until at least Feb. 10. UPDATE: Schools shut down across Ontario Public elementary and secondary teachers strike at the education centre on Wellington St. Feb. 21, 2020 (BlackburnNews.com photo by … The new measures also include restricting the hours of operation for non-essential retail stores such as hardware stores to between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m., and a five-person cap on outdoor social gatherings. Monday 7:35 p.m.: Skate Canada announced on Monday that the 2021 National Skating Championships and Skate Canada Cup have been cancelled. He said the crew member has been isolated on board, that all other crew remain on board, and that the ship is being monitored daily by law enforcement. rights reserved. Closure: all travel lanes are closed on the highway. Jasmine Mah, a University of Guelph graduate, and Steven Wooding, a U.K. physicist, paired up and created an online tool that projects a date range for when a Canadian could expect to receive their double dose. This means all Ontario schools will be closed March 16 until April 5, 2020. UPDATE: TORONTO -- Hundreds of schools across Ontario will remain open after the Canadian Union of Public Employees and the province came to a last-minute deal on Sunday night. Ontario's publicly funded schools to remain closed until end of school year Back to video Physical distancing and other measures might be in place to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. Mayor John Tory addressed the Empire Club of Canada this afternoon, giving a preview of Toronto’s 2021 budget. 25. Update on School Closures Due to Concerns of COVID-19 The Ontario Ministry of Education announced the closure of all publicly funded schools due to concerns over the coronavirus (COVID-19). 11:30 a.m. (updated): Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government has reached a deal with Pfizer to buy an extra 20 million doses of the vaccine it produced with its German partner BioNTech. Premier Doug Ford will announce the measures, including shorter hours for retails like Walmart and Costco selling more than essential grocery and pharmacy items along with a return to a state of emergency, Tuesday afternoon. Ontario's publicly funded schools to remain closed until end of school year Back to video Physical distancing and other measures might be in place to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. Others say the CDC order is unlikely to cause an immediate spike in international travel. On Monday, Dr. Lucie Opatrny, Quebec’s assistant deputy health minister, told reporters that hospitals in the province had started training simulations regarding the triage protocol for intensive care beds. 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Read the full story from the Star’s Francine Kopun and Celina Gallardo. ... Canada's outbreak update page states that risk is still considered low. All terms of Dr. Stewart’s contract will be upheld.”. A race has been added at the Imola track in Italy on April 18, a week after the scheduled date for the Chinese GP. Most of Ontario’s more than 4,800 publicly schools opened by mid-September just as the province saw a sustained increase in daily cases of COVID-19 … Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced Tuesday that the province is cancelling in-person learning for the school year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Ontario's current test positivity rate is 6.1 per cent. “We never anticipated this would happen to us in Quebec, or Canada, in a nonwar context,” Bereza said in an interview Tuesday. Those living in COVID-19 hotspots such as Peel, Toronto, York, Hamilton and Windsor Essex will remain learning online. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said that “the administration in the states has been too narrowly focused.”. Premier François Legault told reporters Monday he was open to looking at the issue of commissions, but appeared hesitant when asked about imposing a cap. 2:34. Clock is ticking down to school closures across Ontario. Surgeries are being cancelled and the access to health care will continue to get worse. The premier hasn’t indicated what the new rules could be, but he has previously suggested the current provincial lockdown may need to be extended past its original end date of Jan. 23. Trudeau is also announcing the Canada-U.S. land border will remain closed to non-essential travel until at least Feb. 21 — another 30-day extension to the restrictions in place since mid-March. On Jan. 7, he lost the job of leading the massive health system that includes hospitals, long-term care homes and home care in Hamilton, Niagara, Kitchener, Guelph and Brantford. Colleges and universities “There can be no doubt that by maintaining these same high commissions during the pandemic and curfew period — when food delivery orders skyrocketed — that Uber Eats’ commissions are abusive and that it acted contrary to the requirements of good faith,” the filing reads. The Government of Ontario has decided to close all publicly funded schools in the province for two weeks after March Break, due to COVID-19 concerns. She says there is now an average of more than 8,100 new cases reported daily. Beginning Saturday, India will start the massive undertaking of inoculating an estimated 30 million doctors, nurses and other front-line workers. Meanwhile, locally, there are 837 new COVID-19 cases in Toronto, 545 in Peel, 249 in York Region and 246 in Niagara. The city’s first COVID-19 vaccination clinic will open at the downtown Metro Toronto Convention Centre on Jan. 18, Mayor John Tory announced Monday. The budget will be brought before Toronto city council on Thursday. Premier Brian Pallister says hotels, transportation operators and janitorial service companies will now be able to get up to $10,000 in grants if they have been forced to reduce operations due to public health orders. Fellowes High School is the first school in Ontario ordered closed due to a COVID-19 outbreak since the new school year began. The new rules will require travellers to have a negative test within 72 hours of departure. Incidents and Closures may also be viewed on the Ontario 511 Interactive Map. February 28, 2020. Premier Doug Ford says he is also declaring another state of emergency effective immediately for 28 days in response to surging COVID-19 infection rates. Bus Cancellation and School Closure – Inclement Weather More. 7:35 a.m. Ontario’s long-term-care homes continue be in crisis as the number of positive COVID-19 cases and deaths related to the virus continue to climb. The estimated timeline is based on factors such as your age, or whether you work in health care or with seniors in long-term care or live in an Indigenous community, all groups prioritized for Stage One of the federal rollout. The Ontario government is expected to announce new COVID-19 measures Tuesday as well as updated projections for the pandemic’s progression over the next several weeks. We will provide more updates regarding the DSBN tomorrow. On Saturday, the province gave 9,983 shots of the new vaccines, down from 15,700 on Friday, a drop of more than 5,700, according to provincial data. This is going to do nothing for that,” Jha said. 1:30 p.m. (updated): Ontario is issuing an order requiring residents to stay at home starting Thursday, except for essential activities such as accessing health care or shopping for groceries, and further delaying in-person classes for students in some hot spots. They say the province has received 13,000 vaccine doses so far, and additional shipments are expected to arrive weekly. “Our No. Deli Boyz says between Dec. 27, 2020 and Jan. 4, 2021, it paid Uber Eats $737 in commissions for 67 orders totalling about $2,550. Classes began … 11 a.m. (updated): Ontario is returning to many restrictions not seen since the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic last March to reduce the spread of the virus that continues surging to record levels and threatens to overwhelm hospitals. Last Saturday, Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante called on the Quebec government to temporarily cap delivery commissions to ensure profitability for restaurant owners. With the race in Melbourne moved from March to November, the season will now start in Bahrain on March 28. OPH has issued an update to the community, which we have included below. “The reason we’re doing it is because we think it’s going to accomplish more good. Limits for outdoor gatherings are being lowered with increased enforcement to catch violators. “It’s normal for more people to die in winter than in summer,” said Schaldach. Those seven public health units are Grey Bruce; Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge; Hastings and Prince Edward Counties; Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington; Leeds, Grenville and Lanark; Peterborough; and Renfrew County. As of Jan. 10, the health authority had reported 327 residents and two long-term-care staff deaths related to the virus. The province is also reporting 17 new cases of COVID-19, one of which is connected to a primary school in New Maryland. Stay tuned for more updates. Schools are expected to reopen Monday, April 6. Rebelo de Sousa, who took office in 2016 and is 72, is seeking a second term in the country’s presidential election on Jan. 24. PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT STATEMENTS ON CLOSURE OF ONTARIO SCHOOLS May 19, 2020 April 28, 2020 March 31, 2020 March 22, 2020; March 12, 2020; PUBLIC HEALTH WEBSITES & UPDATES. 2:35 p.m.: Ontario has declared a 28-day state of emergency over COVID-19, with Premier Doug Ford issuing a stay-at-home order that comes into effect at 12:01 a.m. Thursday. The World Health Organization has officially declared the coronavirus as a global pandemic on Wednesday. Today, the Government of Ontario announced that schools and child care centres will remain closed to students until Monday, May 4, 2020. expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Toronto Other details of their schedule haven’t been announced and the central government’s National Health Commission offered no further information. If the variant become established in the community, Ontario could see its infection rate begin doubling every 10 days by March, the modelling package warns. Read more from the Star’s Jennifer Pagliaro. “In order to stay competitive and relevant, they have no choice.”. There are three less active outbreaks in LTC homes than the previous day, for a total of 249. The provincial government is under immense pressure to improve the situation and ensure the health and safety of residents, health-care workers and staff members. The protocol is intended to prioritize patients with the best chance of surviving and could see patients who don’t improve — or whose condition worsens — discharged from the ICU and taken off life support. Montreal restaurant Deli Boyz is the lead plaintiff in the case that is targeting food delivery companies that operate smartphone applications, including Uber Eats, DoorDash and SkipTheDishes. UPDATE: Ontario government orders schools closed from March 14 until April 5 Ministry of Education says schools will remain closed afer March break in response to coronavirus crisis News Mar 12, 2020 by Dina Al-Shibeeb YorkRegion.com Topics covered in this post: Lab School Closure and COVID-19 Tips for Talking with Children about COVID-19 IALS Conference Postponed School Cleaning Microaggressions Pottery Kiln Ontario Survey on Bullying Read-a-thon Upcoming March Events Upcoming April Events 1. "The … Looking at 50-100 deaths daily by end of February. 8:34 a.m.: Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie is calling on senior levels of government to do more to bolster local long-term-care homes, but said she’s not calling for military assistance just yet. The visit has been expected for months and WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus last week expressed frustration that arrangements were taking so long to finalize. “Frankly I’m frustrated, and we need more to be done to protect those that are the most vulnerable in our communities.”. "traffic" Type Description Interactive Map Roadway Direction Comment Start Time (yy-mm-dd h:mm a) Anticipated End Time (yy-mm-dd h:mm a) Lawyer Joey Zukran, who filed the lawsuit on behalf of Deli Boyz on Monday, said it could take up to one year for a judge to authorize the class action and even longer for the case to be heard on its merits. Health officials say the deaths involve one person in their 70s and one in their 80s who were residents of a retirement facility in Saint John. Anja Kundacina. Cumulative totals represent cases reported to the Ministry of Education since June 12, … Clock is ticking down to school closures across Ontario. 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