Tue Sep 12, 2023 – 12:59 pm EDT
KINGSTON, Ontario (LifeSiteNews) — Another Ontario hospital has announced it is bringing back its mask mandate amid warnings from mainstream media that lockdowns could return this fall.
On September 7, the Kingston Health Sciences Centre announced that it is reinstating its mask mandate, making it the fourth Ontario hospital to tighten COVID regulations in recent weeks.
“The majority of hospital staff are frustrated with the mandates returning after the aggressive regulations of the past years,” an Ontario nurse known to LifeSiteNews speaking under the condition of anonymity said.
“The current policy is that if staff feel sick, they will wear a mask and take a rapid COVID test,” the nurse explained. “With these policies in place, the staff feels that it’s redundant to enforce universal masking.”
According to the Kingston Health Sciences Centre, “masks are now mandatory in the Emergency Department, Urgent Care Centre and the Children’s Outpatient Clinic and are strongly recommended on other units managing patients at high-risk.”
Hospital staff are expected to wear a mask when caring for patients who are masked while masks are required for all patients with respiratory symptoms.
Kingston’s decision
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