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Projections for COVID-19 case counts are pointing straight up in Ontario and Quebec thanks to the Omicron variant. Meanwhile, provincial governments are rapidly deploying boosters and tests ahead of the holiday season, and restrictions are once again tightening in some regions. Scientific director of Ontario’s COVID-19 Science Advisory Table Dr. Peter Jüni and Dr. Susy Hota, an infectious diseases physician at University Health Network in Toronto, answer listeners’ questions about the COVID-19 Omicron variant; and Dr. Jennifer Russell, New Brunswick’s chief medical officer of health, discusses changes to booster dose eligibility and how that government is preparing for omicron.