The province announced this morning (Saturday) it is extending until July 10 all emergency orders under the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act. This comes just days after the state of emergency – a separate entity – was pushed back to July 15.
The decision was made in consultation with Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health to ensure the safe and gradual reopening of the province on a regional basis can continue.
The extension of the emergency orders will allow key measures needed in the fight against COVID-19 to continue, including allowing frontline health care providers and public health units to redeploy staff where they are needed most, while providing the government with the tools it needs to successfully steer the province through the next stage of reopening and beyond.
Premier Doug Ford noted in a media release while the province has made “truly incredible progress in our fight against COVID-19,” we know that “we must remain vigilant.”
In addition, the government has removed certain restrictions for Stage 2 indoor sports and recreational fitness activities facilities. This will enable the facilities to be used by more businesses and organizations to train amateur or professional athletes, or to run certain non-contact amateur or professional athletic competitions.
