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February 26, 2021
Nine Public Health Regions Moving to New Levels in the COVID-19 Response Framework
The Ontario government, in consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health, is moving nine public health regions to new levels in the
Keeping Ontario Safe and Open Framework (the “Framework”). This includes activating an “emergency brake” in Thunder Bay District Health Unit and Simcoe-Muskoka District Health Unit to move the regions to Grey-Lockdown to immediately interrupt transmission and contain community spread. Decisions were made in consultation with the local medical officers of health and are based on the trends in public health indicators and local context and conditions.
COVID-19 emergency brake applied in Thunder Bay, Simcoe-Muskoka regions
by News Staff and The Canadian Press
Posted Feb 26, 2021 4:39 pm EDT
Last Updated Feb 26, 2021 at 5:13 pm EDT Locked down until further notice reads a sign on a closed business in an Ontario COVID-19 hotspot. CITYNEWS
The Ford government has pulled the “emergency brake” in the Thunder Bay District Health Unit and Simcoe-Muskoka District Health Unit, moving both regions into the Grey-Lockdown zone following a spike in COVID-19 cases.
Local leaders in Thunder Bay have been calling for the government to take action amid a spike in cases while Simcoe Muskoka has also seen infections rise.