A woman samples food during the T.O. Food & Drink Fest in Toronto, Canada, on April 23, 2022. (Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua)
Toronto Mayor John Tory made an official declaration terminating the municipal emergency, which was first declared on March 23, 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
OTTAWA, May 9 (Xinhua) -- Toronto, the largest city in Canada, formally ended on Monday the municipal state of emergency against COVID-19 after more than two years.
Toronto Mayor John Tory made an official declaration terminating the municipal emergency, which was first declared on March 23, 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a news release issued by the municipal government.
"While the City of Toronto is no longer operating under an emergency declaration in response to COVID-19, our work to help people get vaccinated and to lead the economic recovery is continuing," Tory said.
Vaccination remains the single best tool to protect against serious illness and hospitalization due to COVID-19, the news release said.
Toronto, home to more than 2.9 million people, has reported 312,996 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 4,234 related deaths, and more than 7 million COVID-19 vaccination doses have been delivered in the city, according to the latest data updated on May 6, 2022 on the website of the municipal government. ■
