Four provinces have announced plans to remove their COVID-19 restrictions. Here in Ontario, Health Minister Christine Elliott is expected to announce a plan to distribute rapid tests at pharmacies and grocery stores.
CANADA - Alberta, Saskatchewan, Quebec and Prince Edward Island have announced plans to lift their COVID-19 restrictions.
Alberta officially ended its vaccine passport program for non-essential businesses and events at midnight last night. It's also going to lift its mask mandate for kids under 12 and all students in schools on Monday. All other restrictions will be lifted March 1st.
Saskatchewan will end it's vaccine passport program on Monday. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe also says the province will not renew their mask mandate at the end of March.
Quebec is planning to lift most of it's restrictions by March 14th and Prince Edward Island is planning to end most of it's public health measures in April.
Meanwhile, there is no word as to when the COVID-19 restrictions will be lifted in British Columbia. Premier John Horgan says he will be listening to the advice of public health officials when it comes to creating a timetable for removing restrictions.
There are several reports suggesting Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott will announce a plan to hand out free COVID-19 rapid antigen tests at grocery stores and pharmacies this week. There will be a limit of one box of five tests per household per visit and more details will be announced during the press conference at 11:30 a.m. today.
Ontario announced a plan to gradually ease some of it's public health measures on January 20th and you can find more details below.
January 31, 2022
- Increasing social gathering limits to 10 people indoors and 25 people outdoors.
- Increasing or maintaining capacity limits at 50 per cent in indoor public settings, including but not limited to:
- Restaurants, bars and other food or drink establishments without dance facilities;
- Retailers (including grocery stores and pharmacies)
- Shopping malls;
- Non-spectator areas of sports and recreational fitness facilities, including gyms;
- Cinemas;
- Meeting and event spaces;
- Recreational amenities and amusement parks, including water parks;
- Museums, galleries, aquariums, zoos and similar attractions; and
- Casinos, bingo halls and other gaming establishments
- Religious services, rites, or ceremonies.
- Allowing spectator areas of facilities such as sporting events, concert venues and theatres to operate at 50 per cent seated capacity or 500 people, whichever is less.
- Enhanced proof of vaccination, and other requirements would continue to apply in existing settings.
February 21, 2022
- Increasing social gathering limits to 25 people indoors and 100 people outdoors.
- Removing capacity limits in indoor public settings where proof of vaccination is required, including but not limited to restaurants, indoor sports and recreational facilities, cinemas, as well as other settings that choose to opt-in to proof of vaccination requirements.
- Permitting spectator capacity at sporting events, concert venues, and theatres at 50 per cent capacity.
- Limiting capacity in most remaining indoor public settings where proof of vaccination is not required to the number of people that can maintain two metres of physical distance.
- Indoor religious services, rites or ceremonies limited to the number that can maintain two metres of physical distance, with no limit if proof of vaccination is required.
- Increasing indoor capacity limits to 25 per cent in the remaining higher-risk settings where proof of vaccination is required, including nightclubs, wedding receptions in meeting or event spaces where there is dancing, as well as bathhouses and sex clubs.
- Enhanced proof of vaccination, and other requirements would continue to apply in existing settings.
March 14, 2022
- Lifting capacity limits in all indoor public settings. Proof of vaccination will be maintained in existing settings in addition to other regular measures.
- Lifting remaining capacity limits on religious services, rites, or ceremonies.
-Increase social gathering limits to 50 people indoors with no limits for outdoor gatherings.
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