The Government of Ontario has announced what ‘zone’ Halton is going to be in on Tuesday.
The Stay-at-Home order will be lifted for 27 Public Health Units. Halton is one of them, with our Region moving back into the ‘Red – Control Zone’. The provincial government’s updated COVID-19 framework notes that the red zone will bring:
- broader-scale measures and restrictions, across multiple sectors, to control transmission;
- Restrictions are the most severe available before wide scale business or organizational closure.
That means that businesses will be able to open but will be very limited in terms of how many people can be allowed inside.
Restaurants will be allowed for patrons to eat inside, but they can only allow up to ten people at a time.
Team sports must not be practiced or played except for training (no games or scrimmage). The following will apply for fitness facilities:
- 10 people in indoor areas with weights and exercise machines;
- 10 people in all indoor classes, or;
- 25 people in outdoor classes
- No spectators permitted, however each person under 18 may be accompanied by one parent or guardian.
There will be a capacity limit for meetings and event spaces:
- 10 people indoors, or;
- 25 people outdoors.
Supermarkets will now be restricted to 75% capacity if they primarily sell groceries, convenience stores, pharmacies. It will now be 50% capacity for all other retail, including discount and big box retailers, liquor stores, hardware stores and garden centres.
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The other Regions in Ontario that are moving to the ‘Red – Control Zone’ are:
- Chatham-Kent Public Health;
- City of Hamilton Public Health Services;
- Durham Region Health Department;
- Middlesex-London Health Unit;
- Region of Waterloo Public Health and Emergency Services;
- Simcoe-Muskoka District Health Unit;
- Southwestern Public Health;
- Thunder Bay District Health Unit;
- Wellington-Dufferin Guelph Public Health; and
- Windsor-Essex County Health Unit.
Niagara Region Public Health will join Toronto, York, and Peel in the ‘Grey – Lockdown Zone’.
In the ‘Orange – Restrict Zone’ will be:
- Brant County Health Unit;
- Eastern Ontario Health Unit;
- Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit;
- Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit;
- Huron Perth Public Health;
- Lambton Public Health;
- Ottawa Public Health;
- Porcupine Health Unit; and
- Public Health Sudbury and Districts.
In the ‘Yellow – Protect Zone’ will be:
- Algoma Public Health;
- Grey Bruce Health Unit;
- Northwestern Health Unit; and
- Peterborough Public Health.
Joining the ‘Green – Prevent Zone’ will be:
- Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit; and
- Timiskaming Health Unit.
These moves will all take effect on Tuesday, February 16, 2021 at 12:01 a.m..
