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Premier Doug Ford on Thursday extended the stay-at-home order until June 2.
It’s the second time that the government has extended the emergency measure, which was scheduled to expire May 20. It means that the order, which began April 8, will continue for a total of almost eight weeks.
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It signals that Ford, 14 months into the COVID-19 pandemic, after three waves of infections, more than half a million cases, over 8,400 deaths and the near collapse of health care, has finally learned some hard lessons.
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Despite a recent surge in patients arriving from out of town, local emergency surgeries have not been affected according to Windsor Regional Hospital president and CEO David Musyj.
And regardless of some rumours circulating in the community, Musyj said all urgent and emergent surgeries are being conducted within normal timeframes.
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The Windsor Star has received a couple of anonymous emails expressing concerns that surgeries are being limited or delayed.
One email said, “Because of all the out-of-town patients they transferred in, there now isn’t enough recovery room or ICU capacity for our local non-Covid patient needs.”
Toronto after the 1st Wave: How COVID-19 affected three key markets
This is co-authored by Youjing Li and Shauna Brail
In the fall of 2020, a University of Toronto research team set out to track key metrics from the city to assess the impact of COVID-19 on Toronto’s public health, economic well-being, and urban vibrancy. Since then, we published six data-driven dashboards documenting a wide range of topics public health, mobility, restaurants, economic vibrancy, work, and housing. While the internet is flooded with devastating news surrounding this ‘once-in-a-century’ health crisis, our data analysis also suggests many once-in-a-century trends in Toronto’s housing, labour, and restaurant markets. Below, we identify some highlights of our findings to date.