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Here are just some of the new changes in place today.
Outdoor gatherings will be limited to members of your household only
All playgrounds, golf courses, soccer fields and other recreational sites will be closed.
Non-essential construction will be prohibited
Capacity in big box stores will be reduced to 25 per cent
A maximum of 10 people indoors will be allowed to gather for weddings, funerals and religious services.
Police have also been granted new powers to day to stop people and ask if they are only making essential trip. A debate that has stirred up many discussion online today.
Kingston Police Service has join police in Peterborough, Barrie, Kawartha Lakes and a number of other police services in Ontario by issuing statements to their communities.
Dose 2 administered: 28,473 (+327 Total doses received: 279,390 The city has received 2,100 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine and 25,740 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine so far this week. A shipment of 28,400 doses of Moderna vaccine arrived earlier this week
COVID-19 TESTING IN OTTAWA The Ottawa COVID-19 Testing Taskforce said Friday that 2,467 swabs were processed at assessment centres in Ottawa on April 15. A total of 5,466 lab tests were performed in Ottawa on Thursday. The average turnaround from the time the swab is taken at a testing site to the result is 22 hours. The next update from the Ottawa COVID-19 Testing Taskforce will be released Monday.
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BELLEVILLE As the Ontario government prepares to prioritize the COVID-19 vaccine roll out to hard-hit areas of the province, those in regions that will see less doses available are feeling the pinch. On Thursday, Hastings-Prince Edward Public Health Unit issued a statement calling on the government not to reduce its supply of vaccines. It said that it’s expecting the region s supply in the coming weeks to be cut by 25 per cent, and will result in cancelled appointments. While we are not the only health unit suffering from a lack of vaccines, the change in provincial strategy will further delay vaccine rollout in our region and will increase pressure on our already strained local health care resources, says Dr. Peter Oglaza, medical officer of health at Hastings-Prince Edward Public Health..