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As of 12:01 am on April 8th, a Stay-At-Home Orders takes effect for all of Ontario, including Haliburton County, Northumberland County and the City of Kawartha Lakes, along with the existing province-wide shutdown that began on April 3, 2021. This means new stricter public health restrictions and measures will be in place to stop the spread of COVID-19. These measures are in place for at least the six weeks.
The provincial shutdown means Ontario’s colour-coded COVID-19 Response Framework is on pause for the time-being. Prior to the shutdown, the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit region had been in the Yellow-Protect category.
In addition, the province is also strengthening public health and workplace safety measures for non-essential retail under the provincewide emergency brake. Measures include, but are not limited to:
As of Saturday, April 17th at 12:01 a.m., the following measures will take effect:
As of Monday, April 19th at 12:01 a.m., the following measure will take effect:
The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit has a helpful tool on their website where you can find out information related to cases within our region. The Government of Ontario also has a report on their website where you can find out more information on cases across the province, including demographics and timelines.
About the COVID-19 Response Framework: Keeping Ontario Safe and Open - PAUSED |
Please note that during the Provincewide Shutdown the COVID-19 Response Framework: Keeping Ontario Safe and Open is paused. 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:
Within the LOCKDOWN grey category the primary objective focuses on implementing widescale measures and restrictions, including closures, to halt or interrupt transmission. Learn about the public health measures for protect (grey). |
Public Health Measure Regulations in each Level |
Read the regulations for more details on each level:
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News, Updates & Additional Resources |
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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.