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Ontario’s education minister says more money for ventilation, HEPA filters coming by 1st day of school
COVID-19 pandemic.Stephen Lecce said the investment will add approximately 20,000 new HEPA units to the approximately 50,000 devices currently used in areas such as classrooms, gyms, libraries and other instructional spaces without mechanical ventilation.The government has committed more than $600 million to date for ventilation improvements across Ontario schools, Lecce said.For schools with mechanical ventilation systems, which is about 70 per cent of schools in Ontario, Lecce said it is expected that boards regularly maintain them by using the highest-grade filters, change filters more often and operate them two hours before and two hours after school.