June 24, 2021 - The Government of Ontario has announced that the province will be moving to Step Two of its Roadmap to Reopen starting at 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday, June 30, 2021. This applies to the entire Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) catchment area.
The Roadmap is a three-step plan to safely and carefully reopen the province and gradually lift public health measures based on province-wide vaccination rates and improvements in key public health and health care indicators.
Step Two of the Roadmap focuses on resumption of more outdoor activities and limited indoor services with small numbers of people where face coverings are worn, with restrictions in place. This includes, but is not limited to:
- Outdoor social gatherings and organized public events with up to 25 people;
- Indoor social gatherings and organized public events with up to 5 people;
- Essential and other select retail permitted at 50 per cent capacity;
- Non-essential retail permitted at 25 per cent capacity;
- Personal care services where face coverings can be worn at all times, and at 25 per cent capacity and other restrictions;
- Outdoor dining with up to 6 people per table, with exceptions for larger households and other restrictions;
- Indoor religious services, rites, or ceremonies, including wedding services and funeral services permitted at up to 25 per cent capacity of the particular room;
- Outdoor fitness classes limited to the number of people who can maintain 3 metres of physical distance;
- Outdoor sports without contact or modified to avoid contact, with no specified limit on number of people or teams participating, with restrictions;
- Overnight camps for children operating in a manner consistent with the safety guidelines produced by the Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health;
- Outdoor sport facilities with spectators permitted at 25 per cent capacity;
- Outdoor concert venues, theatres and cinemas, with spectators permitted at 25 per cent capacity;
- Outdoor fairs, rural exhibitions, festivals, permitted at 25 per cent capacity and with other restrictions.
The Province plans to remain in Step Two of reopening for at least 21 days to allow the most recent vaccinations to reach their full effectiveness and to evaluate any impacts of the move. Public health and workplace safety measures will continue to apply in Step Two, including maintaining physical distance, capacity limits, and wearing face coverings in indoor spaces.
For further details, please refer to the news release.
As usual, if you get any COVID-19 symptoms, even mild ones, isolate immediately and arrange to get tested at your local assessment centre.
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