{"id":267666,"date":"2020-09-04T06:18:01","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T10:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=267666"},"modified":"2020-09-04T06:59:41","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T10:59:41","slug":"some-people-coming-into-canada-not-following-quarantine-rules-says-ontarios-top-doctor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/09\/04\/some-people-coming-into-canada-not-following-quarantine-rules-says-ontarios-top-doctor\/","title":{"rendered":"Some people coming into Canada not following quarantine rules, says Ontario&#8217;s top doctor"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_255873\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-255873\" style=\"width: 751px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Dr.-Tam-urges-Canadians-to-wear-mask-for-added-layer-of-protection.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-255873\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Dr.-Tam-urges-Canadians-to-wear-mask-for-added-layer-of-protection.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"751\" height=\"501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Dr.-Tam-urges-Canadians-to-wear-mask-for-added-layer-of-protection.jpg 751w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Dr.-Tam-urges-Canadians-to-wear-mask-for-added-layer-of-protection-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 751px) 100vw, 751px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-255873\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The province on Thursday reported another 132 coronavirus cases, bringing Ontario&#8217;s total number of infections to 42,686. (File photo: @katetrifo\/Unsplash)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Despite reminders from officials, the chief medical officer of health of Ontario said that there are some individuals coming into Canada who are breaking quarantine rules.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It has come to our attention that some people coming in have not maintained and follow the federal quarantine law,&#8221; Dr. David Williams said, adding that they &#8220;are out in public settings.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Williams said this when he was asked in a press conference if they are starting to get &#8220;increasingly concerned&#8221; about the number of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in Ontario.<\/p>\n<p>The province on Thursday reported another 132 coronavirus cases, bringing Ontario&#8217;s total number of infections to 42,686. Health Minister Christine Elliott said in a tweet that Peel Region recorded 45 new cases, Toronto with 31, and Ottawa with 22. Every other public health unit, she said, recorded five or fewer cases, while 18 units have no new cases.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ontario is reporting 132 cases of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a> as the province processed over 26,000 tests. Peel is reporting 45 new cases, with 31 in Toronto and 22 in Ottawa. Every other public health unit is reporting five or fewer cases, with 18 units reporting no new cases.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christine Elliott (@celliottability) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/celliottability\/status\/1301522263276171265?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Responding to the question, Williams said it is &#8220;very concerning&#8221; to him and to the team in Ontario.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re going to do some assessing of what is the adherence to the measures and how do we encourage people to stay the task,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/public-health\/services\/diseases\/2019-novel-coronavirus-infection\/latest-travel-health-advice.html\">government of Canada<\/a> is requiring people who are entering Canada to quarantine for 14 days, even if they have or have not shown symptoms.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/TravelGoC\/status\/1294287799152250880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1294287799152250880%7Ctwgr%5Eshare_3&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftoronto.ctvnews.ca%2Fpassengers-returning-to-canada-have-been-caught-ignoring-self-isolation-rules-official-says-1.5091576<\/p>\n<p>Non-compliance with the quarantine rules could lead up to six months in prison or a $750,000 fine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite reminders from officials, the chief medical officer of health of Ontario said that there are some individuals coming into &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":255873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-267666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ca","category-news","mauthors-joanna-belle-deala","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267666"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":267698,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267666\/revisions\/267698"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/255873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}