Windsor-Essex enters Orange-Restrict Level with COVID

WINDSOR-ESSEX — Effective 12:01 am Monday, Windsor and Essex County moved into the Orange-Restrict Level of the COVID-19 Response Framework, with additional restrictions from the local Medical Officer of Health.

Locally, numbers have been steadily climbing and Dr. Wajid Ahmed urges caution as we deal with the second wave of the Coronavirus.

The gathering limit for organized social gatherings is 10 people indoors and 25 people outdoors, while organized public events remain at 50 indoors and 100 outdoors. Religious services, weddings and funerals remain at 30 per cent capacity indoors and 100 people outdoors.

They’ve added a requirement for face coverings at indoor workplaces and asked that residents restrict non-essential travel from areas of high transmission to areas of low transmission.

Restaurants and bars have a new indoor capacity of 50 persons and there must be a minimum of two metres between tables. All seated patrons must provide contact tracing information and be screened. Liquor can only be sold between 9 am and 9 pm.

In retail, all mall entrances must screen patrons on their way in and must consider a limit of patrons in the stores. No food will be permitted inside the mall.

As for services, no personal services that require the removal of the mask or face covering are permitted. Locker rooms, change rooms and showers must be closed, as well as whirlpools, baths and floating pools.

For more detailed changes to the Windsor-Essex level, please visit wechu.org.