{"id":250836,"date":"2020-04-01T21:39:46","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T01:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=250836"},"modified":"2020-04-01T21:39:46","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T01:39:46","slug":"toronto-imposes-mandatory-quarantine-for-infected-to-help-contain-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/04\/01\/toronto-imposes-mandatory-quarantine-for-infected-to-help-contain-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto imposes mandatory quarantine for infected to help contain COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"
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They include an order that all those infected with COVID-19 stay home for 14 days, as well as anyone who has come in contact with them. (Pexels photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

TORONTO \u2014 Canada’s most populous city has imposed a mandatory home quarantine on residents infected with COVID-19, as officials move to \u201caggressively halt\u201d the spread of the virus.<\/p>\n

Toronto Mayor John Tory says the new measures, recommended by the city’s chief medical officer, were to be implemented immediately and remain in place for up to 12 weeks.<\/p>\n

They include an order that all those infected with COVID-19 stay home for 14 days, as well as anyone who has come in contact with them.<\/p>\n

Those who are not ill and have not travelled are \u201cstrongly directed\u201d to stay home, except to access health care, do a weekly grocery shop, exercise or walk their dogs.<\/p>\n

The more aggressive tone came as the city’s public health agency announced that six more residents infected with COVID-19 had died at an east-end long-term care home, bringing the total there to eight.<\/p>\n

The new deaths at Seven Oaks Long-Term Care Home were reported overnight Tuesday, said Toronto Public Health spokeswoman Dr. Elizabeth Rea.<\/p>\n

She said 23 people at the facility have been diagnosed with the virus: 14 residents, including the deceased, and nine staff members.<\/p>\n

Another 54 residents likely have the illness but have not officially been diagnosed, Rea said.<\/p>\n

Seven Oaks is one of 18 long-term care facilities in the city reporting cases of COVID-19.<\/p>\n

The city’s chief medical officer of health, Dr. Eileen de Villa, says she will use every power legally available to her to help curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.<\/p>\n

She notes that two weeks ago, there were 145 cases of COVID-19 in Toronto, with 10 in hospital and no deaths. As of Wednesday, she said, the city has 818 cases, with 75 in hospital and 19 deaths.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn terms of our case counts, in the last two weeks, we have seen a more than 500 per cent increase,\u201d she said in a news conference Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not a favourable trajectory … I am deeply concerned.\u201d<\/p>\n

City officials urged the public to adhere to the new orders and recommendations, adding fines could be issued for non-compliance.<\/p>\n

More measures may be imposed as needed in the future, they said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we do not take these actions today, the city will see substantially increased loss of life, and may not begin to recover, economically and as a society, until the end of 2020,\u201d the city said in a news release.<\/p>\n

\u2014 With files from Nicole Thompson<\/p>\n

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