Ontario to keep schools closed for in-person learning until autumn
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The Canadian province of Ontario will keep schools closed for in-person learning until the new school year starts in September, even as COVID-19 case counts flatten and the province considers an earlier reopening than initially planned, Premier Doug Ford announced on Wednesday.
Ontario, Canada's most populous province, took schools back to online learning in April as the variant-driven third wave of COVID-19 threatened to overwhelm hospital and healthcare systems. The decision to keep schools closed "was a hard choice to make, but I will not - and I repeat, I will not - take unnecessary risks with our children right now," Ford said, citing the increased danger posed by variants to younger people.More Related News