COVID-19 Information for Individuals & Families Updated on February 12, 2021 at 3:30 p.m.

Ontario Moving 27 Regions Back to COVID-19 Response Framework

Wellington-Dufferin- Public Health will be Moving to Red-Control Level on Feb 16, 2021 The government is moving twenty-seven public health regions out of the shutdown and into a revised and strengthened COVID-19 Response Framework (click here). The four remaining public health regions, Public Health, Peel Public Health, York Region Public Health and North Bay , will remain in the shutdown, and the Stay-at-Home order and all existing safety measures will continue to apply to these public health regions. Based on a general improvement in trends of key indicators, including lower transmission of COVID-19, etc., the following public health regions will be moving back to the Framework on Tuesday, February 16, 2021 at 12:01 a.m. and will no longer be subject to the Stay-at-Home order: Green-Prevent Yellow-Protect Orange-Restrict Red-Control Lockdown Leeds, Grenville Algoma Public Brant County Health Chatham-Kent Public Health Niagara and Lanark Health Unit City of Hamilton Public Health Region District Health Grey Bruce Services Public Unit Health Unit Health Unit Durham Region Health Health Timiskaming Northwestern Haldimand-Norfolk Department Health Unit Health Unit Health Unit Halton Region Public Health Peterborough Haliburton, Middlesex-London Health Unit Public Health Kawartha, Pine Ridge Region of Waterloo Public District Health Unit Health and Emergency Huron Perth Public Services Health Simcoe-Muskoka District Lambton Public Health Unit Health Southwestern Public Health Public Health Health Porcupine Health Unit Unit Wellington-Dufferin Guelph Public Health Public Health Sudbury and Districts Windsor-Essex County Health Unit For North Bay Parry Sound District, Peel Public Health, Toronto Public Health and York Region Public Health, it is proposed that the shutdown measures and the Stay-at-Home order will continue to apply until at least Monday, February 22, 2021. Click here for the full list of public health region classifications. After returning to the Framework, public health regions will stay in their level for at least two weeks at which time, the government will reassess to determine if the region should stay where they are or be moved to a different level. Visitor restrictions for long-term care homes will once again apply to those homes in the public health regions that are in the Orange-Restrict level or higher. In addition, long-term care homes must implement enhanced testing requirements. Please click here for more information.

Ontario Deploys Rapid Tests to More Workplaces & Settings The province is deploying test kits to more workplaces and sectors in order to quickly identify and help stop the spread of COVID-19. Rapid tests are now being used in long-term care homes, retirement homes, congregate care settings, First Nations communities and many essential workplaces. Ontario has deployed approximately two million rapid antigen tests and 175,000 rapid diagnostic tests to essential workplaces and highly vulnerable settings like long-term care homes and retirement homes. Ontario will continue providing rapid antigen tests to targeted settings across the province as part of its Provincial Antigen Screening Program. This includes: Long-term care homes Retirement homes Workplaces (i.e. manufacturing, warehousing, food processing, etc.) A broad range of congregate care settings to onboard interested organizations to deploy rapid antigen tests, including residential mental health, adult and children's residences, etc. Please click here for more information.