Ontario has had seven straight days of more than 2,000 cases a day. Modeling shows that could more than double in January. Health officials earlier said a four to six-week hard lockdown could significantly stop the spread of COVID-19.
Toronto, Canada’s largest city, had already closed restaurants for indoor dining but schools remained open. All high schools in Ontario will now be closed for in-person learning until January 25. Elementary schools will be closed until January 11.
After COVID-19 cases surged in the spring, Canada flattened the epidemic curve with a lockdown. But as in other countries, COVID fatigue set in, restrictions were relaxed and a second wave was unleashed.
COVID-19 in Ontario: Premier Announces Provincewide Shutdown – December 21, 2020
In a news conference at Queen’s Park, Doug Ford, the premier of Ontario, announces new public-health measures aimed at slowing the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus disease) in the province. In his remarks, the premier announces that the entire province will be placed under lockdown beginning on Saturday, December 26, 2020, with the measures remaining in place for a minimum of 28 days in southern Ontario and 14 days in northern Ontario. The announcement comes following the premier’s emergency meeting with CEOs of Ontario hospitals and amid growing calls from hospital officials for the implementation of stricter measures to curb the spread of the pandemic. Premier Ford is joined by provincial ministers Christine Elliott (health) and Stephen Lecce (education), by Dr. David Williams, Ontario’s chief medical officer of health, and by Dr. Naveed Mohammad, the president and CEO of the William Osler Heal
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TORONTO: Ontario on Monday (Dec 21) announced a province-wide shutdown because of a second wave of COVID-19 in Canada’s most populous province.
The lockdown will be put in place for southern Ontario from Dec 26 until Jan 23, but will lift for northern Ontario on Jan 9.
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Ontario has had seven straight days of more than 2,000 cases a day.
Modeling shows that could more than double in January. Health officials earlier said a four- to six-week hard lockdown could significantly stop the spread of COVID-19.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott leave the premiers office before holding a press conference at Queen s Park during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Monday, December 21, 2020. Photo by Nathan Denette /The Canadian Press
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TORONTO Ontario will go into lockdown on Boxing Day in an effort to bring soaring COVID-19 cases under control, a move the province announced Monday after health advisors said thousands of infections could be avoided if tough restrictions were imposed earlier.
The lockdown will shutter all non-essential businesses, ban indoor gatherings, close restaurant dining rooms, and see all schools move classes online for the first week of the new year. It also means Ontarians are advised to stay home as much as possible.