Full list of Ontario new COVID-19 restrictions
The Ontario government announced new COVID-19 restrictions on Friday due to the unprecedented spread of the Omicron variant.
Premier Doug Ford announced the new measures during a news conference on Friday, shortly after the province had confirmed more than 3,000 new cases of COVID-19.
CTV News Toronto has compiled a list of all the new restrictions, which will come into effect on Sunday, Dec. 19.
REDUCED CAPACITY LIMITS
Ontario is introducing a 50 per cent capacity limit in the following indoor public settings:
- Restaurants, bars and other food or drink establishments and strip clubs.
- Personal care services
- Personal physical fitness trainers
- Retailers (including grocery stores and pharmacies)
- Shopping malls
- Non-spectator areas of facilities used for sports and recreational fitness activities (e.g. gyms)
- Indoor recreational amenities
- Indoor clubhouses at outdoor recreational amenities
- Tour and guide services
- Photography studios and services
- Marinas and boating clubs
These limits do not apply to any portion of a business or place that is being used for a wedding, a funeral or a religious service, rite, or ceremony.
Businesses or facilities will also need to post a sign stating the capacity limits.
NEW RULES FOR SOME NON-ESSENTIAL SERVICES
- In food establishments and event spaces, the number of people permitted to sit at a table will be limited to 10 people and patrons will be required to remain seated.
- Bars and restaurants, meeting and event spaces and strip clubs will be required to close by 11 p.m. Take out and delivery will be permitted beyond 11 p.m.
- Dancing will not be allowed except for workers or performers.
- Food and/or drink services will be prohibited at sporting events concert venues, theatres, and cinemas; casinos, bingo halls and other gaming establishments.
- The sale of alcohol will be restricted after 10 p.m. and consumption of alcohol in businesses or settings after 11 p.m.
GATHERING LIMITS SLASHED
- The province is reducing social gathering limits to 10 people indoors and 25 people outdoors.
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