The province has extended their emergency order until June 19th, and more details have been released.
Current emergency orders that have been extended include those that enable frontline care providers to redeploy staff where they are needed most, allow public health units to redeploy or hire staff to support case management and contact tracing, and prohibits long-term care and retirement home employees from working at more than one home or for another health service provider.
In a press release, Premier Doug Ford says, “it is critical that we keep these emergency orders in place so we can continue to reopen the province gradually and safely. We are not out of the woods yet, and this deadly virus still poses a serious risk. We encourage businesses to begin preparing to reopen, so when the time comes, they will be able to protect employees, consumers and the general public.”
They have also extended the suspension of limitation periods and time periods in legal proceedings until September 11h.
The provincial government made this decision to make sure that no one experiences legal consequences if the original time requirements of their case is not met during this order.
They continue to encourage anyone who thinks they may have COVID-19 to get tested and reminds everyone to continue practicing physical distancing and follow safety measures.
During Ford’s press conference on Tuesday when the extension was announced, he stressed that the extension of the state of emergency would not impact their reopening plan.
