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The North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit reported one new case of COVID-19 Tuesday.
The case the region’s 113th involves a person between 20 and 39 years of age in Parry Sound District who was exposed to COVID-19 through community spread. The person is isolating at home.
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Two cases, one each in Nipissing District and Parry Sound District, also have resolved, bringing the region’s active case count down to 16 from 17 Monday.
There have now been 63 cases of COVID-19 in Nipissing District and 50 in Parry Sound District, including one death.
Ontario Announces Provincewide Shutdown starting Boxing Day
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Premier Doug Ford announced on Monday that the Ontario government is imposing a provincewide shutdown that will go into effect on Dec. 26 at 12:01 a.m.
The shutdown will be in effect for 14 days for Northern Ontario and 28 days for Southern Ontario.
Additional restrictions will be put into place and reinforce that Ontarians should stay at home as much as possible to minimize transmission of the virus and prevent hospitals from becoming overwhelmed. The number of daily cases continue to rise putting our hospitals and long-term care homes at risk, said Ford. We need to stop the spread of this deadly virus. That s why, on the advice of Dr. Williams and other health experts, we are taking the difficult but necessary decision to shutdown the province and ask people to stay home. Nothing is more important right now than the health and safety of all Ontarians.
December 21, 2020
A province-wide “shutdown” is going into effect on Boxing Day.
Premier Doug Ford and the Ontario government have officially confirmed the “Provincewide Shutdown to stop the spread of COVID-19 and save lives” of Ontario residents.
The government says additional restrictions will be put into place and are reinforcing that Ontario residents should stay at home as much as possible to minimize transmission of the virus and prevent hospitals from becoming overwhelmed. The Provincewide Shutdown will go into effect as of Saturday, December 26, 2020, at 12:01 a.m.
“The number of daily cases continue to rise putting our hospitals and long-term care homes at risk,” said Premier Ford. “We need to stop the spread of this deadly virus. That’s why, on the advice of Dr. Williams and other health experts, we are taking the difficult but necessary decision to shutdown the province and ask people to stay home. Nothing is more important right now than the health and
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For schools in all other Public Health Unit regions, elementary school students are planned to be able to return to in-person learning on January 11, 2021, and secondary school students will continue learning remotely until January 25, 2021, at which point they may resume in-person learning. During this period, child care centres, authorized recreational and skill building programs and home-based child care services will remain open. From January 4-8, 2021, when elementary students move to remote learning, before and after school programs will be closed and emergency child care for health care and frontline workers will be provided. As part of the government’s efforts to protect the most vulnerable, boards will be required to make provisions for continued in-person support for students with special education needs who cannot be accommodated through remote learning for whom remote learning is challenging.
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