With the coronavirus pandemic into its seventh week, Ontario’s Durham region is now focusing its attention on the recovery process.
The first priority, according to Regional Chair and CEO John Henry, is to get as many residents as possible back to work. “Developments, site plans, all of this work is still ongoing so when we come out of this, we’re able to put all that work to great effort and get it out to the people who are doing the work and put a lot of people back to work really quickly,” Henry said.
The region predicts that by the end of May, the economic impact of the pandemic could be between $15 and $20 million. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] Henry says even after the economy begins to