Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced a new classification system
for local public health units beginning Saturday November 7, at
12:01am. Toronto will be the only region to remain in a
"modified Stage 2" for an additional week.
In a document released today, "COVID-19 Response Framework:
Keeping Ontario Safe and Open," the government outlines its
priorities and principles for the province as it deals with the
second wave of the coronavirus pandemic.
The new and more targeted COVID-19 category system will allow
some businesses that were previously mandated to close to remain
open while under very strict measures.
All 34 local public health units were categorized into five
different levels: Prevent (standard measures — green),
protect (strengthened measures — yellow), restrict
(intermediate measures — orange), control (stringent measures
— red), and lockdown (maximum measures — grey).
