Remain vigilant, take precautions and stay safe
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The City urges citizens to continue following all COVID-19 directives
The weekend is almost here, and many citizens are getting ready to enjoy their time with friends and family on a patio, in a shop or hanging out in the backyard. Everyone has worked hard to be able to go out and do these activities, and it is important to remember that the fight against COVID-19 is not over – please remain vigilant, take precautions and stay safe.
The weekend is almost here, and many citizens are getting ready to enjoy their time with friends and family on a patio, in a shop or hanging out in the backyard. Everyone has worked hard to be able to go out and do these activities, and it is important to remember that the fight against COVID-19 is not over – please remain vigilant, take precautions and stay safe.
York Region – and Vaughan – are currently in Step 3 of the Province of Ontario’s Roadmap to Reopening. Here is a summary of what is permitted in the Province’s Step 3:
- Outdoor social gatherings and organized public events for up to 100 people
- Indoor social gatherings and organized public events for up to 25 people
- Indoor dining with capacity limited to ensure physical distancing, without limits to the number of patrons per table
- Retail with capacity limited to ensure physical distancing
- Indoor religious services, rites or ceremony gatherings with capacity limited to ensure physical distancing
- Indoor sports and recreational fitness facilities with capacity limits
- Personal care services with limited capacity to ensure physical distancing
- Museums, casinos and bingo halls with capacity limits
- Cinemas, concerts, theatres and other performing arts venues with capacity limits
In addition, the following City amenities remain open:
- Baseball fields
- Fitness centres
- Indoor pools
- Off-leash dog park
- Playgrounds
- Skateboard parks
- Splashpads
- Sports fields
- Tennis, bocce, pickleball and basketball courts
- Thornhill outdoor pool
- Uplands Golf and Ski Club
- Vaughan Public Libraires three resource branches, Bathurst Clark Resource Library, Civic Centre Resource Library and Pierre Berton Resource Library
The City is reminding citizens to make safety the priority when enjoying all Vaughan has to offer outdoors, including using park amenities and playgrounds – they are not sanitized. It is important that everyone stays vigilant and follows York Region Public Health protocols designed to help protect the health of the entire community, including:
- staying home as much as possible and limiting close contact to those in your immediate household.
- practising physical distancing (PDF) with anyone outside of your household by staying two metres away.
- washing your hands thoroughly and often.
- practising respiratory etiquette.
- avoiding touching your face with unwashed hands.
- wearing a face mask or covering when inside public places and when physical distancing cannot be maintained.
- cleaning high-touch surfaces often.
- getting vaccinated as soon as you are eligible.
- downloading the COVID-Alert app.
For a complete list of the Provincial restrictions and resources, please visit ontario.ca/COVID19. For information on City services and amenities, please visit vaughan.ca/COVID19.
As amenities safely reopen, the City continues to make the health and safety of the community a priority to stop the spread of COVID-19. On this front, the City's By-law and Compliance, Licensing and Permit Services department, in partnership with public health officials, York Regional Police and other levels of government, remains at the forefront in applying and enforcing the provincial regulations passed under the Reopening Ontario (A Flexible Response to COVID-19) Act, 2020, the directions of the Medical Officer of Health and the City’s COVID-19 Emergency Measures By-law. Public complaints, concerns and inquiries should be reported to Access Vaughan at 905-832-2281 or accessvaughan@vaughan.ca.
Those who feel unwell, and believe they have symptoms related to COVID-19, should contact York Region Public Health at 1-800-361-5653 or Telehealth Ontario at 1-866-797-0000. For additional information and resources on the virus, visit York Region's website at york.ca/COVID19.
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