Ontario to revisit COVID-19 rules for gyms and fitness centres as test-positivity rate climbs

Ontario to revisit COVID-19 rules for gyms and fitness centres as test-positivity rate climbs

Ontario is taking a closer look at COVID-19 guidelines for gyms and fitness facilities across the province now that an outbreak at a spinning studio in Hamilton has spawned at least 69 cases.

The review comes as the government reported the test positivity rate climbed to what associate chief medical officer Dr. Barbara Yaffe called a “worrisome” three per cent and another 721 Ontarians were infected with the virus.

A new provincial directive also barred families and friends from taking residents of nursing homes in the hot zones of Toronto, Peel and Ottawa out for day trips and overnights for social or personal reasons effective Friday, with exceptions for medical and compassionate reasons.

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