Crowd limits are back in effect at stadiums, concert halls and other venues in Ontario with a capacity of more than 1,000.
As of first thing this morning, they’re limited to a capacity of 50 per cent, in an effort to slow the spread of the highly contagious Omicron variant of COVID-19.
Premier Doug Ford announced the restriction on Wednesday, at the same time that he rolled out an expanded COVID-19 vaccine booster campaign.
Friday, he went even further and said restaurants, retailers and other indoor settings would see their capacity limited to 50 per cent as well.
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He also reduced the cap on indoor social gatherings from 25 to 10, and the limit on outdoor social gatherings from 100 to 25.
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