Ontario’s top doctor will hold a news conference on the pandemic later today, his first since public health restrictions began easing this week.
Dr. Kieran Moore’s afternoon briefing comes after modeling of the province’s expert pandemic advisers predicted that COVID-19 cases would rise after Monday’s partial reopening.
The Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table said that relaxation of public health measures aimed at controlling the Omicron variant would increase the spread of the virus, but experts could not say by how much.
The group said outcomes would depend in part on how many people were recently infected, a number that is difficult to determine because the province has limited access to PCR tests.
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Restaurants, gyms and movie theaters, among others, were allowed to reopen to half capacity on Monday with proof-of-vaccination rules for guests.
The limits for social gatherings were increased to 10 people indoors and some operations that were interrupted to preserve the capacity of the health system were also allowed to resume.
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