In response to Ford's tweets on Tuesday, many Twitter users weren't so convinced that travel has fuelled the third wave of the pandemic, or that the premier needs federal action. It has also been reported that under two per cent of international travellers are found to be positive with COVID-19. 16, all registered participants, City of Columbus employees and visitors to city buildings are required to wear a face covering. Ontario is also within their jurisdiction to institute domestic travel quarantine.'įederal government data states that there has been a 96 per cent reduction in air traffic and a 90 per cent reduction in non-commercial land traffic into Canada, compared to pre-COVID-19 volumes. With guidance from Columbus Public Health and the Ohio Department of Health, the Columbus Recreation and Parks Department is open for programming. We have provided Ontario with extra polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing capabilities through the Safe Restart Agreement. 'We always welcome the opportunity to discuss how we can work together. 'If Ontario would like to see further restrictions, the provincial government needs to specify which of these groups they would wish to restrict further and make a request formally,' LeBlanc states. In his statement LeBlanc identified that 57.7 per cent of foreign nationals coming into Canada essential workers, such as health care and supply chain workers, 22 per cent are students, 14.6 per cent are coming for family reunification purposes and 5.9 per cent for immigration.

Every time I look up I think, how many more variants are coming in?' 'My riding is right over the airport and all I hear is those planes just constantly coming in. 'Make sure we have enough vaccines, and we saw what happened there, now we’re getting a few more vaccines, which is good… And to make sure we secure the borders, and it’s just not happening.' 'There’s two things Justin Trudeau's responsible for, two things only throughout this whole pandemic,' Ford said on May 13. Sound public health measures such as asymptomatic testing at essential work places, provincially mandated sick days, and increased vaccination focus in hot spots are all necessary to ending this wave.'Īt a press conference last week, Ford said he has sent four letters to the federal government called for stricter rules for individuals coming into Ontario, including hotel quarantine for travellers through land borders. 'Ontario Public Health data demonstrates that less than one per cent of transmission is a result of international travel. 'The third wave of COVID-19 is a direct result of community transmission,' a statement from Dominic LeBlanc, President of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs reads. Premier Doug Ford's COVID-19 transmission theory shut down This content is not available due to your privacy preferences.

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