A wave of anxiety has washed over a First Nation in northern Ontario that's looking to trace the source of a fungus suspected of causing lung infections in dozens of residents, the community's chief said Wednesday.
Published Thursday, May 27, 2021 11:58AM EDT Last Updated Thursday, May 27, 2021 4:50PM EDT Ontario’s top public health official says that he believes that schools can be reopened safely and has received feedback from all Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area public health units indicating that they are “prepared” to have children return to the classroom as soon as next week. Ontario schools have been closed for in-person learning since mid-April but with the province planning to enter the first phase of its reopening plan by June 14 and the academic year nearing an end the calls to allow students to return to the classroom for at least a few weeks of in-person instruction are growing louder.
TORONTO Ontario’s top public health official says that he believes that schools can be reopened safely and has received feedback from all Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area public health units indicating that they are “prepared” to have children return to the classroom as soon as next week. Ontario schools have been closed for in-person learning since mid-April, but with the province planning to enter the first phase of its reopening plan by June 14 and the academic year nearing an end, the calls to allow students to return to the classroom for at least a few weeks of in-person instruction are growing louder.