coronavirus cases comes into effect at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday.While the Ontario government will allow in-person shopping at supermarkets, convenience stores and pharmacies, those businesses must cap the number of customers at 50 per cent of approved capacity.Discount and big-box businesses that sell groceries can operate, but capacity is limited to 25 per cent of the approved capacity “of the particular room.”Other retail businesses, hardware stores and department stores will only be allowed to open for curbside pickup and delivery.
Customers will not be allowed inside to do in-person retail shopping.The restrictions come amid a strain facing Ontario’s hospitals as a result of the pandemic.