Tag: David Williams
over 3 years ago
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Ontario on pace to begin next stage of reopening “a few days” early, says retiring chief medical ...

Dr. David Williams says things are looking up as COVID-19 numbers dwindle and he contemplates his upcoming retirement.

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over 3 years ago
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Ontario allows non-urgent surgeries to resume as COVID-19 cases drop

Ontario’s hospitals can “gradually” resume non-emergency and non-urgent surgeries providing they have the capacity as...

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over 3 years ago
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Ontario’s top doctor says COVID-19’s third wave is here, but he would ease restrictions in Toront...

Ontario’s chief medical officer says he’s open to easing some outdoor restrictions in Toronto and Peel Region despite...

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over 3 years ago
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‘There is still much danger ahead:’ COVID-19 variants are spreading fast across Ontario, top doct...

Ontario’s progress in lowering COVID-19 has “stalled” and cases are up at a faster rate of 15 per cent in a week with...

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over 3 years ago
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Simcoe-Muskoka and Thunder Bay moving into COVID-19 lockdown

Ontario is using its “emergency brake” to move health units in Simcoe-Muskoka and the Thunder Bay district back into ...

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over 3 years ago
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Top Ontario doctor grilled about why he didn’t go public with concerns over Doug Ford’s lockdown ...

Ontario’s chief medical officer faced pointed questions about his handling of COVID-19 from a commission investigatin...

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almost 4 years ago
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Ontario threatened with third wave of COVID-19 unless stay-at-home orders extended, experts say

A rising surge of more contagious variants is pushing Ontario toward a third wave of COVID-19 unless transmission lev...

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almost 4 years ago
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COVID-19’s UK variant expected to surge in Ontario, modelling predicts

The more contagious U.K. variant of COVID-19 is expected to become the “dominant” strain hitting Ontario in March, ma...

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almost 4 years ago
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After the deadliest day of the pandemic, Ontarians urged to ‘get serious now’

Ontario’s chief medical officer says daily cases of COVID-19 could soon top 4,000 after setting twin records of 3,519...

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almost 4 years ago
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Opinion | Doug Ford is stopping his daily pandemic briefings. They weren’t helping much anyway

Maybe he’s tired, says columnist Bruce Arthur. We’re all tired, after all. Health-care workers perhaps most of all.

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almost 4 years ago
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COVID-19 cases look to be levelling off but Ontario is still in a ‘precarious’ state

At the steady pace of the last three days Ontario should stay around 1,500 new infections daily to the end of Decembe...

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almost 4 years ago
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Doug Ford wants Dr. David Williams to delay retirement and stay on to fight COVID-19

He was supposed to be retiring in February, but Premier Doug Ford wants to keep chief medical officer Dr. David Willi...

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