Renfrew County and District Health Unit issued the following on June 24:
Today, the Ontario Government announced that the province will be moving to Step 2 of the Roadmap to Reopen as more than 76 percent of adults across Ontario have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Effective Wednesday, June 30, 2021, at 12:01 a.m., Step two will include:
- Indoor social gatherings and organized public events for up to 5 people;
- Outdoor social gatherings and organized public events of up to 25 people;
- Outdoor dining for up to 6 people per table, with exceptions for larger households;
- Essential retail capacity permitted at 50 percent and non-essential retail capacity permitted at 25 percent;
- Indoor religious services, rites, or ceremonies, including wedding services and funeral services permitted at up to 25 percent capacity of the particular room;
- Outdoor fitness classes limited to the number of people who can maintain 3 metres of physical distance;
- Outdoor sports without contact or modified to avoid contact, with no specified limit on number of people or teams participating, with restrictions;
- Overnight camps for children operating in a manner consistent with the safety guidelines produced by the Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health;
- Outdoor sport facilities with spectators permitted at 25 per cent capacity;
- Outdoor concert venues, theatres and cinemas, with spectators permitted at 25 per cent capacity;
- Outdoor horse racing and motor speedways, with spectators permitted at 25 per cent capacity;
- Outdoor fairs, rural exhibitions, festivals, permitted at 25 per cent capacity and with other restrictions.
Please review Regulation 488/21: Rules for Areas in Stage 2, for the full list of public health and workplace safety measures that need to be followed. For full details on the latest announcement, visit: Ontario Moving to Step Two of Roadmap to Reopen on June 30.
In addition to these new public health measures, it is imperative that everyone do their part to stay home if they are sick, avoid contact with people who are ill, practice physical distancing (2 metres), wear a mask/face covering when physical distancing cannot be maintained, wash their hands, use the COVID Alert App, and complete the COVID-19 self-assessment tool or COVID-19 school and childcare screening tool daily if they go to work, school or daycare, to monitor for symptoms and proper guidance.
For more information, visit RCDHU’s website at https://www.rcdhu.com/novel-coronavirus- covid-19-2/ or call 613-732-3629 or 1-800-267-1097.
