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Ontario is reopening ahead of schedule.
The province will enter Stage 1 on Friday morning.
The original target was June 14.
That means patio dining of up to four people will re-open and non-essential retail with capacity restrictions will also be allowed to re-open.
On this path Ontario would enter Stage 2 on July 2, with hair cuts and other personal care services re-starting.
Premier Doug Ford says thanks to the ongoing success of the vaccine rollout and ongoing improvements in public health trends, the province is able to start safely and cautiously lift restrictions.
As of Sunday night, 72 per cent of the 18 plus population in Ontario had received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine with over 10 million doses now having been administered.
During the period of May 25 to 31, the provincial COVID case rate decreased by 35.1 per cent.
As of June 6, the number of patients with COVID-19 in ICUs is 497, including 31 patients from Manitoba, as compared to 687 two weeks ago
The province will remain in Step One for at least 21 days.
Kenora-Rainy River MPP Greg Rickford says, “With this June 11th re-opening news, I want to thank everyone across the northwest for their efforts in abiding by the guidelines and working so hard at getting our cases to a bare minimum across the region. Special thanks to the Northwestern Health Unit and local pharmacies and all of the staff and volunteers involved in the distribution of vaccines throughout the Kenora and Rainy River Districts. This is the first step in getting our region back to normal just in time for summer”,
Step One of the Roadmap to Reopen includes but is not limited to:
-Outdoor social gatherings and organized public events with up to 10 people;
-Outdoor religious services, rites, or ceremonies, including wedding services and funeral services, capped at the number of people that can maintain a physical distance of two metres;
-Indoor religious services, rites, or ceremonies, including wedding services and funeral services permitted at up to 15 per cent capacity of the particular room;
-Non-essential retail permitted at 15 per cent capacity, with no restrictions on the goods that can be sold;
-Essential and other select retail permitted at 25 per cent capacity, with no restrictions on the goods that can be sold;
-Outdoor dining with up to four people per table, with exceptions for larger households;
-Outdoor fitness classes, outdoor groups in personal training and outdoor individual/team sport training to be permitted with up to 10 people, among other restrictions;
-Day camps for children permitted to operate in a manner consistent with the safety guidelines for COVID-19 produced by the Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health;
-Overnight camping at campgrounds and campsites, including Ontario Parks, and short-term rentals;
-Concert venues, theatres and cinemas may open outdoors for the purpose of rehearsing or performing a recorded or broadcasted concert, artistic event, theatrical performance or other performance with no more than 10 performers, among other restrictions;
-Outdoor horse racing tracks and motor speedways permitted to operate without spectators; and
-Outdoor attractions such as zoos, landmarks, historic sites, botanical gardens with capacity and other restrictions.
From office of MPP Greg Rickford. Ontario’s reopening.
