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The William Osler Health System noted its hospitals have been among the hardest-hit during the pandemic.
Earlier Monday, the province moved school classes online in a bid to stem the rising infections, and said non-urgent surgeries will be paused as of Wednesday.
Osler said it has already gone ahead with its own suspensions as of Monday, and will be contacting patients to reschedule their surgeries.
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Indoor dining rooms, gyms and other indoor gathering spaces must close on Wednesday, while personal care services and retail stores will be limited to 50 per cent capacity and indoor social gatherings will be capped at five people.
Ontario pauses non-urgent surgeries ahead of expected Omicron impact
While announcing the new measures, Premier Doug Ford pointed to projections from Ontario Health, which oversees the province’s health system, showing the total number of patients in provincial hospitals would exceed capacity within a few weeks as Omicron is expected to tear through the population.
Ford said recent numbers show that about one per cent of people infected with Omicron require hospitalization, but because the variant is so infectious, the sheer number of cases could still threaten to overwhelm the health system.
–With files from the Canadian Press
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