With focus on safe relaunching of Phase 2, Ontario extends its Declaration of Emergency to July 15
Ottawa/IBNS: The Ontario government, in consultation with the Ontario's Chief Medical Officer of Health, on Wednesday extended the provincial Declaration of Emergency to July 15 media reports said.
The approval of an extension of Ontario's Declaration of Emergency was given by Ontario Legislature.
By this extension, Ontario is getting with additional time, more safety, and the necessary tools to allow more places to reopen while continuing to support frontline health care workers in the fight against COVID-19.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford said in a news release that another extension of the Declaration of Emergency is necessary to continue to see improvements in the public health trends as people try to adapt to the new environment.
Thirty-three public health unit regions have entered Stage 2 of the Framework for Reopening Ontario, as of June 24, allowing more businesses and services to open and getting more people back to work.
The Windsor-Essex County public health unit region remains in Stage 1 and the situation in the region will be assessed continuously on an ongoing basis.
The provincial Declaration of Emergency enables the government to make emergency orders, and as needed to ease restrictions in support of its phased reopening and to protect the health and safety of all Ontarians.
Emergency orders in force under the Declaration of Emergency include allowing frontline care providers to redeploy staff to areas which need them most, limiting long-term care and retirement home employees to working at home, as well as enabling public health units to support Ontario's enhanced case management and contact tracing strategy by redeploying or hiring staff.
These measures would protect seniors and other vulnerable populations from the threat of COVID-19.
Ontario government, in consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health, will continue to monitor public health trends related to COVID-19 and assess on an ongoing basis whether the provincial Declaration of Emergency needs to be extended further.
The government will also continue to review emergency orders currently in place to determine when it is safe to amend or lift them as more places in the province begin to reopen.
(Reporting by Asha Bajaj)
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