RNAO issued the following media release on April 12. Sign the Action Alert asking the Ontario premier to keep mandatory masking in all high-risk settings to protect Ontarians and our health-care workers past its April 27 deadline.

This is an article by Abantika Ghosh published on 9 March in The Print, an Indian newspaper. Read the original article here.

Toronto, March 9, 2022. The Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) says the government’s decision to drop the province’s mandatory mask mandate in most indoors settings is ill-conceived and puts politics ahead of science. And, so is dropping vaccine mandates in long-term care homes.

RNAO‘s top priority in August was to urge the provincial government to mandate vaccination for health-care workers, teachers and education staff, as well as implement vaccine passports  for all eligible Ontarians. Our media activity reflects that purpose. The announcement of a vaccine certificate system on Sept. 1 demonstrates the power of speaking out.