Ontario lifts mask mandate in most settings March 21, all directives to drop by April 27 With the masking rule for schools lifting right after March break, Dr.
Summers urged parents to still encourage their children to wear the masks.“Recognizing that masks are not the perfect solution, they can still be of great help, and so for parents and guardians out there, if you’ve got a kid who’s happily wearing a mask, I would continue to strongly encourage them to do so,” he said.Dr.
Nitin Mohan, professor at Western and expert in infectious disease surveillance, said individuals indoors and poorly ventilated areas should still wear a mask. “I am interested to see what happens in fall and winter as risks of virus transmission increase.
We have seen wonderful unintended befits from masks, decreases in cold and flu rates, so for some parts of the population, putting masks on in colder weather will be second nature, and other parts of the population may refrain from it,” he said.The mask mandate will still be in effect for public transit or health-care settings like a hospital, long-term care homes and high-risk congregate care settings.