On Wednesday, the province's chief medical officer of health announced most mask mandatory mask rules will expire Saturday, including on transit and in hospitals. Provincial masking requirements in areas such as public transit, health care settings, long-term care homes and retirement homes were initially set to expire on April 27, but that deadline was extended earlier this year to June 11. Rules requiring that people wear masks on public transit and most health-care settings will expire at 12 a.m. on Saturday. Mask requirements lifted in most other settings in March, along with essentially all other public health measures aimed at stemming the spread of COVID-19 in the province. Ontario Hospital Association (OHA) president Anthony Dale said the organization representing the province's public hospitals had recommended an extension to the provincial order requiring masking in hospital settings.

Source: CBC News June 09, 2022 19:02 UTC