Mayor John Tory will join CBC Radio's Metro Morning as a guest early Thursday to take questions from listeners about city measures to curb the spread of COVID-19.

The mayor is scheduled to join the show by Skype at 7:30 a.m.

You can listen live here at: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-39-metro-morning

In a news conference on Wednesday, Tory described the measures as "strong medicine." But he said the city must do all it can to try to flatten the curve of cases in Toronto. The measures are part of a 12-week plan.

Tory said officials are "locking the city down as much as any municipal government could."

"The numbers are presently heading in the wrong direction in Toronto," Tory told reporters.

According to the city, the following measures are in place for up to 12 weeks: