(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) Canada's most populous province restarts its state of emergency and "home order"
China News Service, Toronto, April 7 (Reporter Yu Ruidong) In the face of an unstoppable new wave of new crown epidemics, Ontario, the most populous province in Canada, announced on the 7th that the province immediately entered the third state of emergency, and from the 8th The 4-week “home order” was re-implemented.
The province has just implemented the measures called "emergency brakes" to "close the city" again on April 3, lasting at least 4 weeks.
About a month ago, the province completely lifted the “home order” that had been in force for more than 50 days on March 8.
But the epidemic immediately resurfaced.
Canada’s increasing number of cases has risen from approximately 3,000 in early March to more than 6,000 currently.
Ontario reported 3,215 new cases in a single day on April 7, accounting for 49.3% of the country's total.
In accordance with the new restrictions, the Ontario government requires people to stay at home unless they are buying vegetables, medicines, seeing a doctor, vaccinating, exercising or having to go out to work.
Most "non-essential" retail stores can only provide reservations for roadside pickup services during a limited period of time. Some businesses, including operating safety products, vehicle maintenance, etc., are only allowed to accommodate 25% of the passenger flow.
The province also decided to give priority to vaccinations for people in the “severely affected areas” of the epidemic, such as Toronto and the adjacent Peel area.
The province still keeps schools and childcare centers open.
However, municipal governments in Toronto and other places have recently required schools to switch to online classes.
As the media had learned one day in advance that the provincial government plans to restart the "home order", the reporter saw a large number of customers in a large mall in Toronto on the 7th.
In the fruit and vegetable section, although store staff repeatedly reminded to maintain safe social distancing, many customers gathered in close proximity and ignored the reminders.
As of the evening of April 7, Canada had reported a total of about 1.0209 million cases, of which 16,864 were infected with the mutant new coronavirus; about 937,500 recovered and 23,141 died.
A total of 367,600 cases have been reported in Ontario, accounting for 36% of the country's total.
Under the impact of the third wave of the epidemic, the number of people infected with the new crown in the intensive care unit of the province’s hospital has also reached a historical peak, which has overwhelmed the medical system.
The day before, Alberta announced that it would tighten its anti-epidemic measures, including closing catering and restricting store traffic.
However, medical groups called on the provincial government to take stricter lockdown measures.
The Chief Health Officer Committee of the Canadian Public Health Agency issued a statement on the 7th stating that in view of the limited supply of vaccines and the continuing situation of the epidemic, it agreed and supported the expert advice of the Canadian National Immunization Advisory Committee to extend the interval between two doses of vaccination to 4 months. So as to maximize the number of people covered by the first dose of vaccine. After all eligible people have received the first dose of vaccine, according to the principle of giving priority to high-risk groups, complete the second dose as soon as possible. Canadian officials also reiterated the goal of vaccinating all those who wish to be vaccinated in September. (Finish)