Premier Doug Ford has announced a new timeline to speed up reopening the province.
Ford announced the new plan today. It includes lifting capacity limits at restaurants and gyms this week, a date to remove the proof of vaccination passport, and expanding booster eligibility to youth aged 12 to 17.
Masking will remain in place for a little longer, said Ford. A specific timeline to lift the masking measure will be released at a later date.
The changes effective Thursday, Feb. 17 are:
- Social gathering limits will increase to 50 people indoors and 100 people outdoors.
- Organized public events will increase to 50 people indoors and no limit outdoors.
- Capacity limits lift in certain indoor public spaces that require proof of vaccination including restaurants and other food and drink establishments without dance facilities, gyms, cinemas, meeting and event spaces, casinos, bingo halls and other gaming establishments, indoor areas of settings that choose to opt-in to proof of vaccination requirements.
- Capacity limits will remain capped at 50 per cent for sporting events, concert venues and theatres.
- 25 per cent capacity limits nightclubs, restaurants where there is dancing, bathhouses and sex clubs.
- Capacity limits for indoor weddings, funerals or religious services, rites or ceremonies are capped at the number of people who can maintain a two-metre distance. There are no limits if the location opts in to proof of vaccination or if the service is outside.
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