Kingsville asks Health Unit to reconsider restrictions

KINGSVILLE — Kingsville Council voted to support a motion on Monday to urge the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit to reconsider the capacity limits placed on restaurants in Windsor-Essex. In their resolution, the town addresses the letter of instruction issued last week by the Medical Officer of Health for Windsor-Essex, Dr. Shanker Nesathurai, which set in motion restrictions for social gathering and restricted restaurants and bars back to 50 per cent capacity.

The letter of instruction was issued after an outbreak at a local restaurant in Kingsville where a private party produced about 45 cases of COVID in late November. According to Mayor Nelson Santos, there are a number of restaurants across the county that have had to deal with COVID cases throughout the pandemic and have dealt with them in the right manner.

The resolution just simply wants an even playing field and asks WECHU to not punish an entire sector because of an instance in one restaurant, and also questions why professional sporting events and concerts are still operating with thousands of people inside but restaurants have to be limited to half-capacity.

The Health Unit had yet to respond to Kingsville’s resolution at press time.