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The Town of Cobourg will be in a Provincewide Shutdown and 'Stay-at-Home' Order effective
Thursday, January 14, 2021 at 12:01 a.m.
Effective Thursday, January 14, 2021at 12:01 a.m., the Government of Ontario is issuing a stay-at-home order requiring everyone to remain at home with exceptions for permitted purposes or activities, such as going to the grocery store or pharmacy, accessing health care services, for exercise or for work where the work cannot be done remotely. This order and other new and existing public health restrictions are aimed at limiting people's mobility and reducing the number of daily contacts with those outside an immediate household. In addition to limiting outings for these purposes, all businesses must ensure that any employee who can work from home, does work from home.
The enhanced public health and workplace safety measures are in effect for all of Ontario and are anticipated to be in place until at least Thursday, February 11, 2021. Read the Province of Ontario's press release.
Under the new 'Stay-at-Home' Order measures include, but are not limited to:
- Outdoor organized public gatherings and social gatherings are further restricted to a limit of five people with limited exceptions. This is consistent with the rules during the lockdown during the first wave of COVID-19 in spring 2020 and will allow individuals and families to enjoy time outdoors safely.
- Individuals are required to wear a mask or face covering in the indoor areas of businesses or organizations that are open. Wearing a mask or face covering is now recommended outdoors when you can't physically distance more than two metres.
- All non-essential retail stores, including hardware stores, alcohol retailers, and those offering curbside pickup or delivery, must open no earlier than 7 a.m. and close no later than 8 p.m. The restricted hours of operation do not apply to stores that primarily sell food, pharmacies, gas stations, convenience stores, and restaurants for takeout or delivery.
- Non-essential construction is further restricted, including below-grade construction, exempting survey.
Learn more about new restrictions in place for individuals, businesses and services under the 'Stay-at-Home' Order here.
Stay-at-Home Order (Amending O. Reg. 82/20)
Read the recently updated Provincewide Shutdown document for further information and details.
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About the COVID-19 Response Framework: Keeping Ontario Safe and Open |
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The COVID-19 Response Framework: Keeping Ontario Safe and Open was implemented in order to take preventative measures to help avoid broader closures and allow for additional public health and workplace safety measures to be introduced or removed incrementally. Within the framework there are five public health categories that public health unit regions can fall into. Each public health category outlines the types of public health and workplace safety measures for businesses and organizations for each category. These include targeted measures for specific sectors, institutions and other settings. The five levels of public health measures are:
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| Our Current 'Provincewide Shutdown — Stay-at-Home Order' - What it Means for Us | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Provincewide Shutdown and 'Stay-at-Home' Order is currently in place for a limited time in order to stop the trend of high COVID-19 transmission in communities, preserve health system capacity, safeguard vulnerable populations and those who care for them, and save lives. Further details on the recently released 'Stay-at-Home' Order can be found here.
Visit www.ontario.ca/covidresponse for the full list of restrictions. |
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Read the regulations for more details on each level:
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To learn more about the public health levels within the Framework and potential program and service changes for the Town of Cobourg please visit the COVID-19 Response Framework: Keeping Ontario Safe and Open.
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