[529][530], By the end of April, around 300million people were under lockdown in various countries of Europe, including but not limited to Italy, Spain, France, and the United Kingdom; while around 200million people were under lockdown in Latin America. Examples of online teaching tools are podcasts, videos, and virtual classrooms. May 14, 2020: Ford provides details on the provinces first stage of its Phase 2: Restart. Some businesses are allowed to open on May 16 including campgrounds, marinas and golf courses. 9, 2021: Ontario Premier Doug Ford receives his first dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19vaccine on camera Friday. Aug. 26, 2020:Ontario government releases 21 page document on how to deal with outbreaks in schools as students and staff close on a return to school. March 18, 2020:Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces an agreement between Canada and the U.S. restricting all non-essential travel across the border. ; An emergency declaration pursuant to s. 7.0.1 is terminated 14 days after being made and may be extended for up to a further 14 days by the Lieutenant Governor in Council. Dec. 29, 2020:With the public in an Ontario-wide lockdown, it learns that Finance Minister Rod Phillips is vacationing in St. Barts. "I support Premier Ford's decision and I thank him and his cabinet and his caucus for making the difficult but absolutely necessary decision that they made today.". Apr. Mar. All told, you've been unable to sit down to a meal in a Toronto. TORONTO In response to recent trends that show an alarming increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations, the Ontario government, in consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health, is temporarily moving the province into Step Two of its Roadmap to Reopen with modifications that take into account the province's successful vaccination efforts. [55][56] The Swedish government's approach has included minimal restrictions and has been controversial in part due to the relatively high death toll due to widespread transmission. 11, 2021: Ontario reports 4,456 coronavirus cases, setting the record for a number of new cases on a 24-hour period. 7, 2021: The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto launches an initiative calling on the Ontario government to amend capacity restrictions for places of worship. For the province's more populous regions, located in southern Ontario, the lockdown will last at least 28 days until Jan. 23. [4][5][6] The World Health Organization's recommendation lockdowns is that they should be very brief, short-term measures to reorganize, regroup, rebalance resources, and protect health workers who are exhausted. Two days later, they would be expanded across the province. 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The government has previously said that when more than 300 COVID-19 patients are in the ICU, medical care not related to the disease becomes nearly impossible to handle. Dec. 15, 2020:Ontario reported 2,275 new cases ofcoronavirus, marking a new single-day record. Nov. 18, 2020:It is announced that a child and youth worker at a Toronto school has died after contracting COVID-19. July 6, 2020: Ford announces Kingsville and Leamington, Ont., will move to Stage 2 the following day. worth millions traced to one man, You could be fined over $100 in Ontario if your licence plate looks like this, Canadians stuck with worthless gift cards as Bed Bath & Beyond shutters its stores, Ontario woman 'shocked' when denied insurance refund after husband dies before vacation, Is No Frills, Food Basics or Sobeys cheaper? A full third lockdown was declared from 30 December and was repeatedly extended. Jan. 2, 2021:Ontario reports 3,363 new COVID-19 cases, the most in one day since the pandemic began. April 14, 2020:Ontario extends the state of emergency for another four weeks and pledges further resources to long-term care homes, which have become the epicentre of the crisis in the province. Windsor-Essex remains alone in Stage 1. Sept. 13, 2020:A coronavirus outbreak is declared after threeWestern Universitystudents tested positive on Saturday. Feb. 3, 2021: Lecce announced that a large portion of students in southern Ontario who remain out of school will be allowed to return the following Monday. 30, 2021:Lecce states that education workers across the province will be eligible as early as the week of May 3. May 9, 2020: Province announces that beginning on May 11, residents are allowed to walk, hike, bike and bird watch in provincial parks. Preceded by some measures on the regional level, no "Stay at home order". ", "The hard truth is that it's not going anywhere until we are able to vaccinate more Ontarians. The lockdown was originally set to begin on Dec. 24 but was pushed back two days by cabinet on Monday. March 13 was the date in which the "stay at home orders" were ended. 1, 2021: Lecce says schools will remain open as they are critical for mental health and learning. He also previously said the April Break will go ahead as planned. March 23, 2020:Ford orders the closure of all non-essential businesses across the province for 14 days. Closures of all educational institutions, restaurants and other establishments, a ban on most cultural events, all excursions and forms of group tourism, children forbidden to participate in organized sports events, no "Stay at home order", described as a "soft" or "partial" lockdown and officially entered into force at 23:30 on 27 November. March 17: Ontario and Alberta declare states of emergency. "[39], On the other hand, some studies have argued[13][40] that coercive measures probably decreased interactions, while accepting that most of the reduction may have been voluntary. The order will last for four weeks. declares state of emergency in response to coronavirus pandemic", "B.C. 7, 2021: The Ford government declares the provinces third state of emergency amid the COVID-19 pandemic and is issuing a provincewide stay-at-home order. Jan. 16, 2021:The Ontario government extends the window for the second dose of COVID-19vaccinations in order to account forPfizer-BioNtechshipment and delivery delays. Dec. 28, 2020:Province announces that a total of 13,200 vaccines have been administered in Ontario. Erica Vella has details on the stage one reopening pace - Jun 11, 2021 More than two months after the Ontario government imposed strict restrictions aimed at combatting a strong third COVID-19. [534] The world's longest continuous lockdown lasting 234 days took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 2020. TORONTO -- Ontario has declared its third state of emergency since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and will be implementing a provincewide stay-at-home order as of Thursday. June 14, 2020:Ontario announces it has conducted it has now conducted more than a million tests for the novel coronavirus. CTVNewsToronto.ca Managing Digital Producer. Anyone who travels within Canada during the province-wide shutdown is being asked to self-isolate upon their return to Ontario. Apr. Elementary schools in southern Ontario can also resume in-person learning on Jan. 11, but secondary schools students in southern Ontario won't be allowed to return to the classroom until Jan. 25. COVID-19 lockdowns - Wikipedia For the second day in a row, the province reports a record number of news cases. Feb. 7, 2021: Toronto Public Health officials say a case of the BrazilianCOVID-19 variant, which is believed to be more transmissible than other strains, has been reported in the city. Publicly funded elementary and secondary schools in the province will close for in-person learning until at least Jan. 11. [21]:40 The authors attribute the differences in findings to an earlier review to its inclusion of modelling studies. 26, 2021: The Ontario Public School Board Association issues letter to Stephen Lecce stating that teachers should be vaccinated as early as possible in order to keep kids in classrooms. [16][17][18][19][20], There is disagreement about the size of the effect of lockdowns on COVID-19 mortality. May 6, 2021: Ornge air ambulance, the organization in charge of patient transfers, says it transferred 1,125COVID-19patients in ICUs across Ontario in April and another 183 patients from May 1 to May 5. 22, 2021: AToronto policespokesperson tells Global News the service is reviewing a video posted on Facebook that appears to show two of its officers engaged in a verbal dispute with police in Aylmer, Ont., after officers in the town charged them and two others for violatingCOVID-19orders at a church. May 26, 2020:Canadian Armed Forces teams deployed to five of the provinces worst-hit long-term care homes to help control COVID-19 raise concerns about each facility, describing the care as ranging from below best practices to borderline abusive, if not abusive and worse, documents obtained by Global News show. Feb. 28, 2021: The province announces 1,062 cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases in the province to 300,816. [1] By April 2020, about half of the world's population was under some form of lockdown, with more than 3.9billion people in more than 90 countries or territories having been asked or ordered to stay at home by their governments. Restrictions are set to be eased when 70% of the eligible population has been vaccinated, All of Victoria except Melbourne, Greater Shepparton, Ballarat, Greater Geelong, Surf Coast Shire and Mitchell Shire, End-date of lockdown is subject to the vaccine rollout or 0 cases for 14 days. Feb. 5, 2021: Ontario reports 1,670 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the provincial total to 275,330. Jan. 8, 2021:Tendercare Living Centre in Toronto reports two more deaths bringing the number of COVID-19 related deaths in the long-term care home to 73. Ontario introduces another stay-at-home order, declares third - Toronto Metrolinx, which manages transit in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, announces further reduced service for GO Transit after a 90 per cent drop in ridership. Dec. 31, 2020:Phillips resigns from his posting after returning from his vacation to the Caribbean in the midst of a pandemic.