TORONTO — The Ontario government is expected to give an update today on the capacity of the province's health-care system in the face of the fast-spreading Omicron variant of COVID-19.
Health Minister Christine Elliott is set to speak on the issue at 12:30 p.m., alongside the Matthew Anderson, the CEO of Ontario Health.
The province's health-care system has been under growing strain in recent weeks due to the highly transmissible variant, which has also caused staffing shortages across several sectors.
The number of people in hospital with COVID-19 has skyrocketed, and there has been an overall surge in infections, even as the government limited access to testing to groups deemed more at risk.
Earlier this month, Premier Doug Ford invoked the potential for a "tsunami" of cases as he announced a temporary return to online learning for students.
His office told The Canadian Press on Monday that students will go back to in-person classes on Jan. 17.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 11, 2022.
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