Ontario Government Announces New Restrictions and Shutdown Extension
/Ontario Premier Doug Ford and his cabinet have placed tighter restrictions including a two-week shutdown extension to combat the third wave of COVID-19 announced on Friday.
The decision came after COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and intensive care unit occupancies are at their highest according to Christine Elliott, deputy premier and minister of health.
The stay-at-home order now totalling six weeks will come with tighter restrictions and are effective April 17, at 12:01 a.m.
Limiting mobility, enforcing the rules and getting vaccines are the three ways the curve will be flattened according to Ford.
Doug Ford announced the stay-at-home shutdown at April 1 which originally scheduled for four weeks. Screenshot.
The following restrictions are as follows:
Outdoor gatherings are limited to your household only, those who live alone can meet with one other household
Provincial border restriction checkpoints are placed on Manitoba and Quebec with the exception of work, medical care or transportations
International and air travel are restricted
All non-essential workplaces and construction will be closed
All outdoor recreational activities such as golf courses, soccer fields, basketball courts and playgrounds are closed
Essential retailers permitted for in-store shopping are capped at a 25 per cent capacity
Religious services, weddings and funerals have a 10-person limit indoors or outdoors
Drive-in services are permitted
