New Colour Coded Guidelines for COVID-19

Niagara Region in Green-Prevent stage in new framework for COVID-19 regional lockdowns and restrictions.

ONTARIO - The Ontario Government is implementing an early warning system with clear criteria for regions when it comes to lockdowns.

The COVID-19 response framework will use a colour coded system. So instead of stage 1,2,3 it will be colour coded. 

Green/Prevent would mean the lowest level or restrictions. 

Yellow/Protect would have strengthened restrictions, 

Orange/Restrict would have even more restrictions, 

Red/Control would be a modified stage 2 and;

Grey/Lockdown. 

You can read more about what these restrictions mean online here. 

Premier Doug Ford also announced that York, Ottawa and Peel regions will move to a restrict level Orange on Saturday, which would move it out of the modified Stage 2. Toronto will stay in the Red/Control modified stage 2 for now. 

Ford also announced that Brant County, Hamilton, Durham Region and Halton will move into the Yellow/Restrict measures. 

Locally Niagara Region Public Health will stay in the Green/Prevent stage and you can see the complete breakdown of regions below: 

Lockdown:

- No public health unit regions

Red-Control:

- No public health unit regions

Orange-Restrict:

- Eastern Ontario Health Unit;
- Ottawa Public Health;
- Peel Public Health;
- Toronto Public Health (may be delayed in entering Orange-Restrict level until November 14, 2020); and
- York Region Public Health.

Yellow-Protect:

- Brant County Health Unit;
- City of Hamilton Public Health Services;
- Durham Region Health Department; and
- Halton Region Public Health.

Green-Prevent:

- Algoma Public Health;
- Chatham-Kent Public Health;
- Grey Bruce Health Unit;
- Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington Public Health;
- Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit;
- Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit;
- Hastings Prince Edward Public Health;
- Huron Perth Public Health;
- Lambton Public Health;
- Leeds, Grenville & Lanark District Health Unit;
- Middlesex-London Health Unit;
- Niagara Region Public Health;
- North Bay Parry Sound District;
- Northwestern Health Unit;
- Peterborough Public Health;
- Porcupine Health Unit;
- Public Health Sudbury & Districts;
- Region of Waterloo Public Health and Emergency Services;
- Renfrew County and District Health Unit;
- Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit;
- Southwestern Public Health;
- Thunder Bay District Health Unit;
- Timiskaming Health Unit;
- Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health; and
- Windsor-Essex County Health Unit.

You can listen to the Premier's statement from this afternoon below: