Some of the places are environments where there are a lot of high risk people, while others are just smaller, crowded places where it is difficult to get away.
The province extended the mask mandate for several adjustments amid a sixth wave of the virus in the spring, but Chief Medical Officer Dr.  Kieran Moore told CP24 this week that “we are in a safer position” now, which means most orders can be withdrawn.
However, not everyone agrees.  Dr Fahad Razak, the new scientific director of Ontario’s COVID-19 Scientific Advisory Board, said he would like to see the rest of the mask mandates extended to protect high-risk areas and individuals.  Many other doctors have expressed a similar feeling.
“So whether the abolition of the mask requirement in certain end areas such as transit, hospitals and long-term care, whether it works or hurts, we just do not have the data to say yes or no to this question.” said Razak.  “This is how a crisis is made.”
With this in mind, some regulators make their own decisions about whether to pursue cover-up policies.  See what some parties have decided and how they think about it.


HOSPITALS 
Most GTA hospitals have said that their mask orders will remain in effect for the time being.  They include hospitals of the University Health Network such as Toronto General and Princess Margaret, as well as others such as Mount Sinai, St.  Mike’s, North York General, Humber River and Southlake Regional Health Center.
The SickKids Hospital in Toronto also said the coverage policy would continue.
“SickKids has a uniquely vulnerable patient population, as not all of our patients are eligible for vaccination and many are immunosuppressed, which puts them at higher risk for serious outcomes due to COVID-19 in children in the community,” the hospital said. .  “For these reasons, we continue to take a cautious approach to our security measures and will continue to demand universal coverage after June 11.”
The Scarborough Health Network also said there would be no change in their policy.
“There will be no change in the universal coverage requirement for staff, patients, visitors / primary care partners, contractors / salespeople on the Scarborough Health Network,” a spokesman told CP24.com.  “We will continue to follow the recommendations of the Toronto District-IPAC and the Toronto Hospital-District Operational Guidance from the Toronto District-Hospital Business Board COVID-19.”
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SOME THEATERS 
Mirvish Productions said all guests and staff should wear a mask that completely covers their nose, mouth and chin in their theaters.  The company, which suffered from long-term downtime during the pandemic peak, updated its policy on May 30 and said it would remain in place “until further notice”.
“Our work is completely dependent on strangers who gather indoors, watching the show for a few hours,” explains Communication and Programming Director John Karastamatis.  “Thus, we feel an obligation for the safety of the public.  And we believe that wearing a mask for the time being is not a terrible inconvenience.  “It’s a pain, but it’s not a terrible pain.”
He acknowledges that many Mirvish audiences are older and have expressed concern that they feel vulnerable when they come to the theater without any safeguards.
But the theater tells the world about politics when it closes its tickets and most, he says, have not made a fuss about it.
Karastamatis also points out that while the performers are not masked on stage for obvious reasons, everyone is masked when off stage, as maintaining the health of the cast and crew is a priority.
While movie theaters and sports venues have chosen to avoid the mask, Karastamatis says health advice has changed so often during the pandemic that Mirvish feels more comfortable playing it safe for a while until there is a clearer picture.
“I do not think we still have clarity about what our audience feels safe and what is really safe,” he says.


TRANSIT 
While the TTC will no longer formally require most riders to cover, the mask is still recommended by the agency and people will still have to cover the Wheel-Trans, where there are more vulnerable riders.
“TTC will continue to strongly recommend the use of a mask,” TTC spokesman Stuart Green told CP24.  “It will be optional, of course, for both our employees and our customers, with the exception of Wheel-Trans.  The coverage order will continue at Wheel-Trans and this was a decision taken in collaboration with our advisory committee on accessible transit. “
Masks are now optional on GO Transit and UP Express.
“As we did throughout the pandemic, Metrolinx will follow the advice of the Chief Medical Officer of Health,” Metrolinx spokeswoman Ann Marie Aikins told CP24.com.  “As of June 11, masks are no longer required on GO and UP Express.”
In a further interview, Aikins told CP24 that while the masks will be optional, Metrolinx knows that many customers will want to continue using them.
“We expect customers to continue to choose the option of wearing a mask and we will look at some of them, because that is what they feel comfortable with and we will see customers without and what we ask of all our customers is just to respect each other personally conditions and choices, “he said.
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LONG-TERM CARE AND NURSING HOMES 
While Ontario is meeting June 11 to remove most mask orders, the county still requires masks to be used in long-term care and nursing homes.
Coverage is also “recommended” by the province in higher risk concentration environments, such as shelters and group homes.


SHELTER 
The city of Toronto has said that the mandatory mask will continue in shelters, 24-hour breaks and 24-hour women’s shelters.
“All preventive checks, tests and infection prevention and control measures also continue to be maintained in the shelters,” the city said in a statement.