COVID-19’s Omicron variant is spreading so fast in Ontario that there will soon be more new daily cases than at any point in the 21-month pandemic. Dr. Kieran Moore, Ontario’s public health chief, told reporters Tuesday hospitalizations and intensive-care admissions will also inevitably rise. The province reported 3,453 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, and on Monday administered more than 206,000 vaccine doses. “We’re pulling out all the stops to try to have as many immunizers available to Ontarians as possible,” while also procuring more vaccine supply, Moore said. On Tuesday, Khan told the Star that, with an explosion of Omicron cases here, the variant that follows Omicron might be homegrown.

Source: thestar December 22, 2021 02:38 UTC