Ottawa covid restrictions

• Closing more businesses could prevent COVID-19 outbreaks, Ottawa’s top doc says

  Ottawa's medical officer of health believes a tighter list of which businesses can open will reduce chances for COVID-19 to spread.

  Health

  Apr 21
• Ottawa Board of Health asks Ontario for more COVID-19 enforcement powers

  Ottawa's board of health passed a motion calling for additional powers to enforce COVID-19 measures in Ontario and a reduction in businesses deemed essential in the third wave.

  Health

  Apr 20
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• COVID-19: Masks will be mandatory at Ottawa playgrounds, some young kids exempt

  Ottawa's medical officer of health is issuing a new order that will make masks mandatory within five metres of play structures in local parks.

  Health

  Apr 20
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• COVID-19: Ontario government putting checkpoints at Ottawa-Gatineau border

  Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced Friday that the province is setting up travel restrictions, including checkpoints at interprovincial crossings between Ottawa and Gatineau.

  Crime

  Apr 16
• Ottawa COVID-19 hospitalizations pass 100, active cases above 3,000

  Ottawa Public Health says there are 345 new COVID-19 cases in the city on Friday as residents wait to hear details of new restrictions aimed at slowing the spread of the virus.

  Health

  Apr 16
• Ottawa adds 156 COVID-19 cases as stay-home order goes into effect

  Ottawa Public Health reported 156 new COVID-19 cases but no new deaths related to the virus on Thursday as Ontario begins a four-week stay-home order.

  Health

  Apr 8
• COVID-19: Here’s what’s open and closed in Ottawa over the Easter long weekend

  Here's a roundup of what's open and closed in Ottawa over the Easter long weekend ahead of an impending province-wide shutdown aimed at flattening the COVID-19 curve.

  Canada

  Apr 1
• COVID-19: Ottawa movie theatres go dark again as some question logic of red-zone closure

  Cinema operators are calling out the seeming double standard that allows restaurants and gyms to open with reduced numbers in Ontario's COVID-19 red zone but not movie theatres.

  Health

  Mar 19
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• COVID-19: Ottawa to move to Ontario’s red-control zone Friday morning

  Ottawa will move to the red-control zone of Ontario's COVID-19 framework on Friday morning following a surge in COVID-19 levels in the city.

  Health

  Mar 18