{"id":420,"date":"2021-01-22T20:21:42","date_gmt":"2021-01-22T20:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/project.journalism.torontomu.ca\/jrn-305-2021\/?p=420"},"modified":"2021-01-22T20:21:42","modified_gmt":"2021-01-22T20:21:42","slug":"ford-government-declares-state-of-emergency-and-issues-stay-at-home-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/project.journalism.torontomu.ca\/jrn-305-2021\/2021\/01\/22\/ford-government-declares-state-of-emergency-and-issues-stay-at-home-order\/","title":{"rendered":"Ford government declares state of emergency and issues stay-at-home order"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The new restrictions come into effect 12:01 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 14<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ontario government declared on Tuesday, Jan. 12, the province&#8217;s second state of emergency since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and issued a stay-at-home order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Effective Thursday, Jan. 14, Ontario&#8217;s stay-at-home order requires everyone to remain at home with the exception of essential activities such as going to the grocery store or pharmacy, accessing health care services, for exercise or for work, if it cannot be done remotely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The state of emergency will be enforced immediately and will last for at least 28 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cStay at home, save lives, protect our healthcare system. The system is on the brink of collapse,\u201d said Ford during the press conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ford\u2019s announcement came after the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/covid19-sciencetable.ca\/sciencebrief\/update-on-covid-19-projections-presentation-5\/\">provincial modelling data<\/a> was released by the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table the morning of Jan. 12, which showed that the daily mortality rate due to COVID-19 is projected to double from 50 to 100 deaths per day between mid-January and the end of February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 100%;\"><div style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; padding-top: 0; height: 0;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/view.genial.ly\/600aedc4d069790d02efad30\" type=\"text\/html\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" scrolling=\"yes\" allownetworking=\"all\"><\/iframe> <\/div> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Outlined under the <a href=\"https:\/\/files.ontario.ca\/solgen-stay-at-home-order-2021-01-13.pdf\">order<\/a>, outdoor organized public gatherings and social gatherings are further restricted to a limit of five people with little exceptions. To assist in limiting individuals mobility and reducing the amount of daily contact with those outside of a workers household, the new public health restrictions include that all businesses must ensure that employees who can work from home may do so.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All non-essential retail stores, including hardware stores, alcohol retailers, and those offering curbside pickup or delivery, must open no earlier than 7 a.m. and close no later than 8 p.m. However, these restrictions do not apply to grocery stores, pharmacies, gas stations, convenience stores, and restaurants for take-out or delivery.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Schools in Toronto, York Region, Peel Region, Hamilton and Windsor-Essex will not be able to return to in-class instructions at least until Feb. 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Non-essential construction is also further restricted, including below-grade construction, exempting survey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 100%;\"><div style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; padding-top: 0; height: 0;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/view.genial.ly\/600a0ef7d069790d02efa469\" type=\"text\/html\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" scrolling=\"yes\" allownetworking=\"all\"><\/iframe> <\/div> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new restrictions come into effect 12:01 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 14 The Ontario government declared on Tuesday, Jan. 12, the province&#8217;s second state of emergency since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and issued a stay-at-home order. 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