COVID-19.“These are specific actions to arrest transmission of COVID-19,” Dr. Eileen de Villa told reporters at Toronto city hall Friday afternoon.“I am acting under my authority to close down these businesses.
These are not actions I take lightly.”De Villa said Toronto Public Health staff were serving the orders on the businesses as she spoke.
She said she wasn’t able to identify those businesses because not all of the owners were served. Toronto Public Health declares COVID-19 outbreak at elementary school However, she said there were “several concerning factors” that caused her to issue the closure orders.
de Villa said investigators found many people were connected to more than one of the affected businesses, one of which was serving.