The Ford government remains reluctant to bring in a mandatory vaccine mandate for health care facilities and schools.
Premier Doug Ford is worried mandatory vaccines could cause a shortage of nurses and teachers in the province.
“It’s easy to sit back and say let’s just cut 20 thousand health care workers or let’s cut off 40 thousand people in the education system,” states Ford.
“And then you ask the people of Ontario when little Johnny is sitting at home online because we don’t have enough teachers, we don’t have enough custodians at schools.”
Health Minister Christine Elliott says they are currently consulting with hospitals to find out the best way forward.
“It’s not good if someone comes in and infects someone because they’re not vaccinated, but on the other hand, if a whole group of people leaves, then there is nobody to take care of people in the hospital,” says Elliott.
Elliott stresses anyone who is not vaccinated still has to be tested regularly to ensure they aren’t carrying COVID-19.
