Putting the breaks on plans to lift COVID-19 capacity limits in remaining high-risk settings in Ontario.
The province made the move Wednesday to ensure officials have the time to better understand any potential impact on hospitalizations and Intensive Care Unit admissions.
The settings include:
- Food or drink establishments with dance facilities such as night clubs and wedding receptions in meeting/event spaces where there is dancing
- Strip clubs
- Sex clubs and bathhouses.
“Throughout the pandemic our government has taken a cautious approach to reopening, ensuring our hospital capacity remains stable and the province continues to report one of the lowest rates of active cases in the country,” said Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health. “To protect our hard-fought progress and ensure we can continue to manage COVID-19 for the long-term, more time is needed before we can take the next step forward in our reopening plan.”
The government and the Chief Medical Officer of Health will monitor the data for the next 28 days to determine when it is safe to lift capacity limits in these settings.
