COVID-19: Face masks expected to be made mandatory for millions in Toronto and Peel regions, mayors to announce
Toronto Mayor John Tory and several other mayors of surrounding suburbs are expected to issue mandatory face masks orders for their respective cities at press conferences Tuesday morning.
The order would come two weeks after Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he would not enforce mandatory masks for a province with 14.5 million people, even though he “highly, highly (recommends) it.”
The face masks order would apply to more than 4.3 million people inside the Toronto and Peel regions, with 2.93 million people affected in Ontario’s capital.
On Friday, Kingston, a city east of Toronto, made it mandatory to wear face masks in indoor public spaces after an outbreak where five people tested positive for COVID-19 at a nail salon.
More to come.