COVID-19 went into effect across nine Ontario regions today, including two that are heading into lockdown due to rising case counts.The Thunder Bay and Simcoe-Muskoka health units have seen infections rising in recent days, driven in part by transmission of more infectious variants of the virus.The province activated what it describes as an “emergency break” for those districts, moving them to the grey tier of Ontario’s colour-coded pandemic response plan.
Simcoe Muskoka, Thunder Bay move to Ontario’s grey-lockdown zone March 1 The move will impose a variety of more stringent public health measures in those regions, including capping most indoor gatherings at 10 people, closing restaurants to in-person service and forcing non-essential.