Ontario to allow high contact sports, more music extracurriculars in schools, sources say
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High contact sports, choir and other extracurriculars are resuming in Ontario schools after a temporary pause on the activities when students returned to schools amid the Omicron wave.
A government source confirmed to The Canadian Press that Dr. Kieran Moore, the province's top doctor, will announce the immediate policy change Thursday afternoon.
Some low contact sports like tennis have been ongoing in schools but high contact sports such as basketball were paused due to COVID-19 risk.
Singing and the playing of wind instruments have also not been permitted but the source said they will now be allowed with some health measures in place.
The changes are expected to come weeks after students headed back to classes in-person, following a two-week pandemic shutdown in January as the Omicron variant caused cases to soar.
