Dr. Eileen de Villa is asking for an exemption to a section under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act that would apply only to those living in the city.
Soon after the province was locked down in March 2020, officials noticed an increasing number of men were calling the province's 211 service, which offers information about government and community services.
Dr. Paula Rochon at Toronto's Women's College Hospital said her research led her to realize the significant lack of information about older adults, especially women.
The new variant, deemed Omicron, first emerged in South Africa and coincided with a steep rise in the number of COVID-19 cases in that region in recent weeks.
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Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Friday that Israel is "on the threshold of an emergency situation'' after authorities detected the country's first case of a new coronavirus variant and barred travel to and from most African countries.
