On Boxing Day, Ottawa and communities in eastern Ontario will be among the public health regions in the province locked down for 28 days.
Premier Doug Ford announced the details of the lockdown on Monday, after new modeling data was released, forecasting a rise in COVID-19 cases and intensive care hospitalizations provincewide by the end of the year.
The number of COVID-19 cases in Ottawa has been relatively stable in December compared to other public health regions like York, Toronto, and Peel, but all of eastern Ontario is included in the 28-day shutdown. Regions in northern Ontario will be locked down for 14 days.
The provincewide shut down is a temporary, one-time measure in response to the circumstances. Ford suggested part of the reason Ottawa is included in the 28 days is not only because of the risk of travel from other regions in Ontario but also from Quebec.
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