On alarm due to its outbreak coronavirus is located in Ontario, the most populous Canadian province, which is often characterized as the engine of the Canadian economy. The cases as announced yesterday Wednesday (31/3) have doubled and so new restrictive measures are expected to be announced, lasting 28 days.
The head of the local government, Doug Ford, is expected to announce today the re-imposition of restrictive measures throughout the province, which has a population of 14 million, as of Saturday, according to the English-language television networks CBC and CTV.
The Ontario has been exceeding the SARS-CoV-2 case per day for a week now, compared to about 1,000 at the beginning of March.
Moreover, the number of patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) increased to 421 yesterday. This is the highest number recorded since mid-January, according to Radio Canada.
Stores that are not considered absolutely necessary will remain open, but with a reduced number of customers who will receive to 25%, while stores that are deemed absolutely necessary to continue to operate will receive a number of customers reduced by 50%, to facilitate the observance of the chosen social distance.
The closed gyms and hairdressers will be closed again, as the Athenian News Agency points out, while the schools will remain open until the holidays in view of the Easter of the Catholics.
In January, Doug Ford had declared a state of emergency for a month. The phasing out of the measures, including the phasing out of non-essential commercial outlets, was approved in February, thanks to reduced cases and hospital admissions.
Indoor gatherings remained prohibited for all non-members of the same family.
Quebec, the province hit hardest by the pandemic, said Wednesday it would tighten measures again in several areas, including Quebec City, following the rise.
The activity in these areas will be “suspended” until April 12, stressed the head of the provincial government, François Lego, clarifying that the absolutely unnecessary shops and schools will be closed.
The French-speaking province imposed a night-time ban in early January, a measure unprecedented in Canada on a provincial level since the Spanish flu epidemic more than a century ago.
As of Wednesday, Canada had recorded nearly 23,000 deaths from COVID-19 out of a total of 982,000 more SARS-CoV-2 cases.
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