Workplace Masking Rules Extended
The Chief Medical Officer of Health is maintaining existing provincial masking requirements in select higher-risk indoor settings until June 11, 2022, after which the ministry will issue guidance on personal protective equipment recommendations for infection prevention and control in health care settings.
Provincial masking requirements which were set to expire on April 27, 2022 are being extended in current settings until 12:00 a.m. on June 11, 2022, including:
- health care settings (e.g., hospitals, doctors’ offices, clinics that provide health care services, laboratories, specimen collection centres, and home and community care);
- long-term care homes;
- retirement homes;
- shelters and other congregate care settings that provide care and services to medically and socially vulnerable individuals; and
- public transit.
A complete list of settings where masking requirements continue to apply is available online.
See the entire announcement.
See the Section 22 class order, effective April 27, 2022 at 12:00 am, which contains a complete list of settings where masking requirements continue to apply until June 11.
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