NationNews Toronto Mayor John Tory discusses COVID-19 vaccine rollout, province-wide shutdown –April 1, 2021 April 1, 2021 Tamil Ed... At a news conference in Toronto, Mayor John Tory discusses the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines and to comment on the 28-day province-wide shutdown announced earlier by Ontario Premier Doug Ford and his government. The measures take effect on April 3 and come following a sharp increase in new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in the province.