Ontario health minister to make an announcement Thursday
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Ontario’s Health Minister Sylvia Jones is set to make an announcement on Thursday morning.
Ontario’s Health Minister Sylvia Jones is set to make an announcement on Thursday morning.
The announcement will be streamed live at 9 a.m. on CTVNewsToronto.ca and on the CTV News app.
Few details have been released about what Jones will discuss.
The announcement comes as Ontario hospitals continue to struggle amid the “triple threat” of COVID-19, influenza and RSV.
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