“I understand that we’re all tired and just want this pandemic to be over,” Moore said Thursday. Moore said the extra two days will give schools a chance to distribute masks to staff and re-establish daily COVID screening and other safety measures before kids return. The changes mean five days of isolation for anyone vaccinated or under 12 years of age after they show symptoms, as well anyone in their household. “We are sending all these unvaccinated kids back to school — I think schools are going to close down fairly quickly,” she added. Correction, Dec. 30 2021: This story has been edited to clarify that since PCR testing will be limited to high-risk individuals, daily COVID-19 case counts provided by the Ontario government will now be less accurate in terms of total population.

Source: thestar December 31, 2021 03:08 UTC