page_title: COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto
section_title: Criticism
hierarchical_section_title: COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto / Government response / Criticism
caption_attribution_description: English: Protesters at Queen's Park on Saturday, April 25 demand an end to public health rules put in place to stop the spread of COVID-19.
context_page_description: The COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto is an ongoing viral pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019, a novel infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. On January 23, the first identified case of COVID-19 in Canada during the 2019–20 worldwide pandemic was admitted to Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto.
context_section_description: Protesters have gathered at Queen's Park for consecutive weeks, demonstrating on a variety of topics such as 5G conspiracy theories, distaste for all levels of government and anti-lockdown measures, which echo much larger protests ongoing in the United States.
caption: An anti-lockdown protest in front of the Ontario Legislative Building in Queen's Park, Toronto, April 25, 2020
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