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Larger Indoor Meetings Allowed

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Convention centres and event spaces can now host up to 50 people per room.

As of Friday, the province began letting meeting spaces hold larger gatherings as long as they follow a plan approved by the Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health.

“Allowing for multiple meetings or events will allow convention centres, hotels and other professional meeting facilities to welcome back more visitors and employees,” says Lisa MacLeod, Minister of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries.

Gatherings in outdoor meeting and event facilities are still limited to 100 people for the entire area. In all spaces, staff aren’t counted towards the limit.

At restaurants, the province now only requires one person per group to give their contact information for contact-tracing purposes.

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Province Considers Regional Re-Opening

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COVID-19 restrictions could be lifted region by region across Ontario.

Premier Doug Ford says he is considering it now that the province has a new testing plan in place.

“I know other jurisdictions have used this regional approach. I want to look at how this has gone in other areas, what lessons we can learn. And it’s our job to use the best information we have,” Ford says.

The province’s Chief Public Health Officer Dr. David Williams notes many of Ontario’s coronavirus cases are in the Toronto area, while other regions have gone weeks with no new cases.