Toronto Public Health has raised a number of red flags with the province's school reopening plan, and are urging the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) to keep elementary class sizes smaller than normal. one metre compared to no distance), keeping two metres apart as much as possible is still strongly recommended by public health," Dubey writes. Ontario's current school reopening plan was based partly on a list of recommendations released by SickKids hospital late last month. The document, which was written in collaboration by medical experts across Ontario, calls for arranging classroom furniture to leave space between students, masking for middle and high school students, and implementing smaller class sizes. Adamo said the government is spending $75 million more on cleaning and hiring 500 public health nurses to work in schools.

Source: CBC News August 07, 2020 12:20 UTC