The Ontario government issued a second state of Emergency . The state of Emergency was declared in response to a doubling in COVID-19 cases over the past two weeks, the real and looming threat of the collapse of the province’s hospital system and alarming risks posed to long-term care homes as a result of high COVID-19 transmission rates.
በካናዳ ግዛትኦንቴርዬ አስቸኳይ ጊዜ ታወጀ። ግዛቲቱ በ ኣስደንጋጭ ሁኔታ እየጨመረ የመጣውን የ ኮቪድ 19 ስርጭትን ለመግታት ነው ከ January 14 አንስቶ ለ28 ቀናት በቤት የመቆየት ትእዛዝ ያወጣችው። እንደ ህክምና ቀጠሮ ላሉ በጣም ኣስፈላጊ ጉዳዮች ካልሆነ በስተቀር ቤታችሁ ተቀመጡ ተብሏል ፤፥ይህንን በሚተላለፉ ላይ ቅጣት ይጣላል ቲኬት ይሰጣል ብለዋል የ ኦንቴሪዮ ግዛት ፕሪሚየር ዳግ ፎርድ
“The latest modelling data shows that Ontario is in a crisis and, with the current trends, our hospital ICUs will be overwhelmed in a few short weeks with unthinkable consequences,” said Premier Ford. “That’s why we are taking urgent and decisive action, which includes declaring a provincial emergency and imposing a stay-at-home-order. We need people to only go out only for essential trips to pick up groceries or go to medical appointments. By doing the right thing and staying home, you can stay safe and save lives.”
Effective Thursday, January 14, 2021at 12:01 a.m., the government is issuing a stay-at-home order requiring everyone to remain at home with exceptions for permitted purposes or activities, such as going to the grocery store or pharmacy, accessing health care services, for exercise or for work where the work cannot be done remotely. This order and other new and existing public health restrictions are aimed at limiting people’s mobility and reducing the number of daily contacts with those outside an immediate household. In addition to limiting outings for these purposes, all businesses must ensure that any employee who can work from home, does work from home.
These new public health measures will help stop the spread of COVID-19 by reducing concerning levels of mobility as the province continues its vaccine rollout and ramps up to mass vaccination when the federal government is able to provide the necessary supply to do so.
Provincial modelling shows growth in COVID-19 cases has accelerated, leading to increased hospitalization rates and ICU occupancy. ICU occupancy by COVID-19 patients is now over 400 beds and is projected to be as high as 1,000 beds by early February which has the potential to overwhelm Ontario’s hospitals. The number of COVID-19-related deaths continues to rise and is expected to double from 50 to 100 deaths per day between now and the end of February. Notably, data shows that mobility and contacts between people have not decreased with the current restrictions. A new variant of COVID-19 emerged in November. If community transmission of this variant occurs, Ontario could experience much higher case counts, ICU occupancy and mortality.
