Today is the day our region, along with the rest of the province, moves to Step Two of Ontario’s Roadmap To Reopen Plan.
Some of the highlights include a change in gathering limits to up 25 people outdoors and five indoors.
You can get the haircut you’ve been waiting for as Personal care services can open as long as you wear face coverings and there are capacity limits in place.
When it comes to shopping, non-essential retail can open at 25 per cent capacity while essential retail can expand to 50 per cent capacity.
Ontario’s new Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Kieran Moore, says it will be at least 21 days before moving to Step Three, putting the province at July 20 before gyms and indoor dining can reopen.
Full restrictions of Step Two includes, but is not limited to:
- Outdoor social gatherings and organized public events with up to 25 people;
- Indoor social gatherings and organized public events with up to 5 people;
- Essential and other select retail permitted at 50 per cent capacity;
- Non-essential retail permitted at 25 per cent capacity;
- Personal care services where face coverings can be worn at all times, and at 25 per cent capacity and other restrictions;
- Outdoor dining with up to 6 people per table, with exceptions for larger households and other restrictions;
- Indoor religious services, rites, or ceremonies, including wedding services and funeral services permitted at up to 25 per cent capacity of the particular room;
- Outdoor fitness classes limited to the number of people who can maintain 3 metres of physical distance;
- Outdoor sports without contact or modified to avoid contact, with no specified limit on number of people or teams participating, with restrictions;
- Overnight camps for children operating in a manner consistent with the safety guidelines produced by the Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health;
- Outdoor sport facilities with spectators permitted at 25 per cent capacity;
- Outdoor concert venues, theatres and cinemas, with spectators permitted at 25 per cent capacity;
- Outdoor horse racing and motor speedways, with spectators permitted at 25 per cent capacity;
- Outdoor fairs, rural exhibitions, festivals, permitted at 25 per cent capacity and with other restrictions.
