COVID-19: Canada Responds
COVID-19 in Ontario: Premier Announces Provincewide Shutdown – December 21, 2020
In a news conference at Queen’s Park, Doug Ford, the premier of Ontario, announces new public-health measures aimed at slowing the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus disease) in the province. In his remarks, the premier announces that the entire province will be placed under lockdown beginning on Saturday, December 26, 2020, with the measures remaining in place for a minimum of 28 days in southern Ontario and 14 days in northern Ontario. The announcement comes following the premier’s emergency meeting with CEOs of Ontario hospitals and amid growing calls from hospital officials for the implementation of stricter measures to curb the spread of the pandemic. Premier Ford is joined by provincial ministers Christine Elliott (health) and Stephen Lecce (education), by Dr. David Williams, Ontario’s chief medical officer of health, and by Dr. Naveed Mohammad, the president and CEO of the William Osler Health System.
