State of emergency and order to stay at home imposed in Ontario

Cet ordre signifie que tout Ontarien doit rester à la maison sauf à des fins essentielles, comme aller à l'épicerie ou à la pharmacie, accéder aux services de santé (y compris se faire vacciner), faire de l'exercice près de chez soi et avec les personnes avec lesquelles [il vit]], ou pour un travail qui ne peut être fait à distance, peut-on lire dans le communiqué qui accompagne le point de presse de mercredi.

All shops - with the exception of supermarkets and grocery stores - will have to close their doors.

Since delivery and take -out orders will always be allowed, people who work in non -essential admissible businesses will therefore have to continue working.Same thing for factory employees and construction fields: these sectors of the economy will be able to continue their operations.

In addition, schools will remain open, which means that school teachers, teachers and employees will have to continue to go to school.In the last 48 hours, the public health of Toronto, the Peel and Sudbury and Espanola region forced the closure of all schools in their respective territories, but the government is not inclined to do the same for the wholeprovince. Les écoles sont sécuritaires, a répétéM.Ford during the press briefing Wednesday.

Le ministre de l'Éducation, Stephen Lecce, l'a confirmé lors d'un point de presse distinct : Les écoles resteront ouvertes durant l'imposition de l'ordre de rester à la maison.

Large area stores can remain open, but only grocery and pharmacy items can be sold there.Also, gardening centers can continue to accommodate customers.

The PrimeMinister therefore imposes the law of emergency measures in the province for the third time since the start of the pandemic.

By imposing these new strict measures, we will ensure the safety of people while allowing our vaccination program to reach more people, starting with our high -risk population and [those who live in]] the hot spots identified. Bien que ce soit difficile, j'exhorte tout le monde à suivre ces mesures de santé publique et, ensemble, nous vaincrons ce virus mortel, a-t-il déclaré durant son point de presse mercredi après-midi.

Overwhelmed intensive care

Ontario reported on average more than 2,800 new cases of COVID-19 per day during last week.There are 510 people with COVVI-19 treated in intensive care units, which is the highest figure since the start of the pandemic.The previous peak was 420 patients in mid-January, during the second wave.

The Ontario PrimeMinister had already announced last week a partial reconfirma which entered into force on Saturday.

Toutefois, nombre d'experts affirmaient que ce frein d'urgence était insuffisant pour limiter la propagation des variants.Public health authorities in Toronto, Ottawa and the Peel region even claimed total confinement.

Public health Ontario confirmed that there were 3,215 new infections of COVID-19 and 17 deaths more linked to the disease in the province on Wednesday.

Also, vaccination against Sras-Cov-2 is now available for all Ontarians aged 60 and over.M.Ford recalled Tuesday that hundreds of thousands of Ontarians eligible for vaccination have still not made an appointment.

Vaccination accelerates

New measures concerning vaccination have been announced. Entre autres, des cliniques mobiles seront mises sur pied afin de vacciner, sur place, les gens qui habitent dans des zones chaudes de transmission communautaire.All the details of the changes announced on Wednesday are available by clicking here.

The furious opposition

Ontario Liberal Party Steven Deca expressed his dissatisfaction with the measures announced this afternoon.According to him, confinement is not far away.

[M.Ford]] always refuses to take the measures required by experts.Its latest confinement measures abandon Ontario essential workers, who continue to work during the third wave without paid sick leave or the possibility of being vaccinated.Last week, Ontario Liberals asked for an emergency vaccinating plan essential workers [...]]. Notre appel à une action significative est ignoré par Doug Ford, a déclaréM.Del Duca by press release Wednesday afternoon.

Same story on the side of the opposition chief Andrea Horwath.

She thinks that the current situation could have been avoided if Prime Minister Doug Ford had taken into account the warnings of experts and projections.