Ottawa and the surrounding regions will join a growing list of Ontario municipalities making masks mandatory in indoor public settings to control the spread of COVID-19 and the rules could come into effect as early as Monday.
The mandatory mask policy for the capital has been expected – Ottawa’s medical officer of health told reporters that she was seriously exploring the idea – but the timing of the new rules is a bit unclear.
Ottawa is behind other Ontario cities including Kingston and Toronto, where mask requirements are already in place.
The official direction requiring residents to wear masks can come from one of two parties. A local officer of health can set rules for businesses in Stage 2 economic reopening, or a city council can pass a temporary bylaw requiring people to wear masks, which is what Toronto’s city council did.
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