The Ontario government has postponed March break from the week of March 15th to the week of April 12th.
“This decision was made with the best advice of Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health and public health officials, including consultations with many local Medical Officers of Health,” reads a statement from education minister Stephen Lecce issued on Thursday afternoon (February 11).
Lecce says the decision to postpone March break was made to “avoid a repeat of the concerning spike in youth-related cases over the winter break” and based upon advice from health experts to help protect against more contagious variants of the COVID-19 virus.
“We appreciate the hard work of students and staff in the education sector and I want to be clear: March break is being postponed, not cancelled,” Lecce says.
Leece adds the government is recommending against travel.
“Ontarians should refrain from travelling, particularly given the increase in new variants that pose a direct risk to our country,” he says.
“Please stay at home as much as possible and continue following the direction of public health officials so that we can keep schools open and protect our seniors, frontline health workers, and all families.”
