This is the fourth time Amanda Battaglia is out of work since the pandemic began.
Ontario has banned indoor dining as of Wednesday, due to a surge in COVID-19 cases, and that means no more shifts for Battaglia, a part-time office manager at a restaurant in Etobicoke, Ont., west of Toronto.
“I’m just feeling a bit frustrated,” she said. “I just wish [Premier Doug Ford] would have reacted ahead of time instead of reacting when it’s too late.”
It’s not that she didn’t expect it. The Omicron variant has pushed Ontario’s COVID case counts to record highs, forcing the province to scale back who gets tested,
