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Apr 2, 2021 · Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government will announce on Thursday that it's putting the entire province under lockdown restrictions for 28 days, multiple sources tell CBC News. The move for all...
Apr 7, 2021 · As Ontario's health care capacity is threatened, the Stay-at-Home order, and other new and existing public health and workplace safety measures will work to preserve public health system capacity, safeguard vulnerable populations, allow for progress to be made with vaccinations and save lives.
Apr 1, 2021 · Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the province will lock down for 28 days as of Saturday to try to protect hospital emergency wards from being overwhelmed by COVID-19 cases. Elliott added that...
- Indoor Dining Closed, New Capacity Limits
- Non-Urgent Surgeries Paused
- Expanded Rebate Program For Businesses Affected
- Omicron Cases Surge
- Hospitalizations, ICU Admissions Rising
The new restrictions announced today also include: 1. Indoor dining at restaurants and bars closed. 2. Only outdoor dining, takeout, drive through and delivery permitted. 3. Social gathering limits reduced to five people indoors and 10 people outdoors. 4. Retail stores, malls, public libraries and personal care services limited to 50 per cent capac...
As part of the modified step two of the province's re-opening plan, Moore reinstated a directive ordering hospitals to pause all non-urgent surgeries and procedures in order to preserve critical care capacity. That measure had been taken during earlier waves in the pandemic, contributing to a large backlog of procedures the health system had been w...
Employers are asked to let employees work remotely "unless the nature of their work requires them to be on-site." The government said free child-care will be provided for frontline workers with school-aged children. The decision to move to virtual learning comes less than a week after the government said it would open schools in person on Wednesday...
Ontario discovered its first case of the Omicron variant on Nov. 28, just days after South African researchers alerted the world to its existence. Around three weeks later, Omicron became the dominant variant, making up the majority of new daily infections in the province. On Dec. 16, Ontario's COVID-19 science table called for "circuit breaker" re...
While a more comprehensive provincial update is expected Tuesday, below are some key pandemic indicators and figures provided by Health Minister Christine Elliott Monday morning. The number of people with COVID-19 in ICUs across the province rose to 248 on Monday from 224 on Sunday and 214 on Saturday. The seven-day average currently sits at 210. I...
Jan 12, 2021 · These measures will come into effect between Tuesday January 12, 2021 and Thursday, January 14, 2021, including the provincial declaration of emergency under the EMCPA, orders under that Act, and amendments to regulations under the Reopening Ontario (A Flexible Response to COVID-19) Act, 2020 .
Jan 12, 2021 · TORONTO -- The Ontario government has unveiled new public health restrictions in the face of growing COVID-19 case numbers and deaths throughout the province.
Jan 20, 2022 · Effective January 31, 2022 at 12:01 a.m. Ontario will begin the process of gradually easing restrictions, while maintaining protective measures, including but not limited to: Increasing social gathering limits to 10 people indoors and 25 people outdoors.
