(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) The cumulative number of cases in Canada exceeds 140,000, Toronto and other places are re-tightening the scale of personnel gathering
China News Service, Toronto, September 17 (Reporter Yu Ruidong) Under the pressure of the continued increase in the number of new cases of new crown infections, Ontario, the most populous province in Canada, announced on September 17 that it will re-tighten the number of people gathering in Toronto and other places. , And severe penalties will be imposed on offenders.
The cumulative number of reported cases in Canada also exceeded 140,000 on this day.
On July 3, local time, local citizens wearing masks were waiting to board the tram in Toronto, Canada.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Yu Ruidong
According to Ontario’s new regulations, since September 18, in Toronto, Ottawa, and Peel, where the epidemic has rebounded significantly since mid-August, the maximum number of people for indoor activities or gatherings must be reduced from 50 to 10. The maximum number of people for outdoor activities or gatherings is reduced from 100 to 25, and it is not allowed to add up the maximum number of indoor and outdoor personnel.
But the new restrictions do not apply to places such as bars, restaurants, cinemas, banquet halls and schools.
Event organizers who violate the restrictions will be fined a minimum of 10,000 Canadian dollars, and event participants will be fined at least 750 Canadian dollars.
Ontario Governor Doug Ford said the fine is the highest in the country.
The current cumulative number of cases in Ontario accounts for more than 32% of the country.
In recent days, there are 300 new cases in the province every day.
Of the 293 new cases reported on the 17th, about 70% belonged to people under 40.
In British Columbia on the west coast, the number of new cases has also risen significantly recently.
On the 17th, the province announced the launch of a new sample collection project for children under 12th grade, that is, sampling through mouthwash instead of nasopharyngeal swabs to make the sampling process more comfortable.
The province said that this new large-scale sampling method is also the first to be implemented globally.
Bonnie Henri, the chief health officer of the province, also called on the public to adhere to the epidemic prevention requirements, and the number of people should not exceed six.
The province has asked nightclubs to suspend business and prohibited businesses from selling alcohol after 10pm.
In Quebec, another hardest hit by the epidemic, restaurants and other places are banned from selling alcohol after 12 midnight.
The cumulative number of cases in the province accounts for about 47% of the country's total.
As of the evening of September 17, a total of 140,867 cases have been reported in Canada.
Among them, 123,109 cases have recovered, accounting for 87.4% of the total; 9,200 related deaths, accounting for 6.5% of the total; there are still 8558 active cases.
Canadian Chief Public Health Officer Tan Yongshi said in a statement on the 17th that the continued growth of new cases is worrying, "As the virus continues to spread, the situation may change rapidly, and we may lose the number of new crown cases at a manageable level. Ability." (End)