TORONTO The Ontario government is implementing a province-wide lockdown by the end of December, but the length of time each region will be under the new restrictions will vary. The lockdown will begin at 12:01 a.m. on Dec. 26 and will last for 28 days in the southern portions of the province and 14 days in the northern parts. The province-wide lockdown will look similar to the shutdown back in March, with only essential businesses allowed to remain open. Here is the breakdown of how long each region is expected to be in lockdown.
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Thunder Bay Unless there is a serious change, it is likely that Thunder Bay will remain in the Orange Protect category for COVID-19. On Friday, the Ontario government announced that the Peel Region and Toronto will remain in the Grey-Lockdown level and a re-assessment will happen for those regions on January 4, 2020.
Premier Doug Ford will be holding an emergency meeting with health officials.
Thunder Bay has seen the overall numbers of active cases drop. What is likely keeping the District out of being placed in the Red-Control Zone is that the rates of positive tests over the past two weeks has been below the guideline of 2.5 per cent. The number of cases reported at 40 per 100,000 of population is one of the criteria. The Thunder Bay District has met that criteria over the past two weeks.
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TORONTO The Ontario government has updated its list of where each of the province s 34 public health units is placed in its colour-coded COVID-19 framework. The tiered system, which was originally announced on Nov. 3, outlines the criteria for when to impose stricter public health measures, including and closure of non-essential businesses. The five categories include prevent (green), protect (yellow), restrict (orange), control (red) and lockdown (grey).