Canada: ”Toronto Mayor John Tory says the idea of a nighttime curfew has not been suggested”

Toronto Mayor John Tory says the idea of a nighttime curfew has not been suggested as a measure to slow the growing spread of coronavirus infection in the city, though he would entertain it if public health officials thought it would help.

“If it comes up though because it comes from the medical and scientific people and they believe it will make a substantive difference in the spread of the virus, then of course I would engage in that discussion,” Tory said when asked about the move, which was enacted across California last month.

“But as of the moment it has not come forward as an option they believe will make a big difference to managing our numbers better.”

Toronto broke its record for new COVID-19 cases twice in the past two days, documenting more than 1,300 new cases over the past 48 hours.

Almost 250 people are in hospital due to infection across the city, including more than 80 in Scarborough.