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Ontario, Alberta change policy limiting N95 masks as health-care workers demand greater access

Published April 2, 2020

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Published by: The Globe and Mail
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By Carly Weeks

At least two provinces have bowed to union pressure to let some health professionals use specialized respirator face masks when treating COVID-19 patients, sparking concern among infection-control experts this will undermine health workers’ trust in their advice.

Alberta and Ontario have reached agreements with unions to allow some health-care workers to use N95 respirator masks if they feel it is necessary. Nova Scotia’s largest nursing union is now calling on provincial officials to do the same.

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Roughly 55 million N95 masks in Ontario expired before coronavirus hit

Published March 9, 2020

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Published by: Global News / Reuters
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By Allison Martell, Moira Warburton

Millions of face masks stockpiled by Ontario in the aftermath of the SARS outbreak to protect healthcare workers during a future epidemic have expired, according to provincial officials and documents, raising questions about the readiness of Canada’s most populous province to deal with the spreading coronavirus.

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