The anticipated briefing came as more local public health units in Ontario are bringing into effect stricter health measures in light of the alarming spread of the new variant. The province’s science advisory table said on Monday that omicron now makes up 30 per cent of Ontario’s new daily infections. CTV News reports that Peterborough is the latest region to tell workplaces to have all non-essential staff work from home as of Wednesday. Kingston, Waterloo, Toronto and London have also announced new workplace safety measures in an effort to curb the spread of the variant. Ottawa Public Health also announced that it had a backlog in its contact-tracing system due to a surge in Omicron cases.

Source: CBC News December 14, 2021 20:42 UTC