On Friday, we found out schools and daycares will be closed for two weeks, now the province is asking everyone to limit their movement to essential trips and a lot of places are being ordered to close…
Basically, if it’s not work, or groceries or a pharmacy run - stay home.There is a ban on visiting hospitals, and nursing homes and all non-essential gathering places are being forced to close, like bars, movie theaters, gyms, pools, and ski hills, as for restaurants, they are being asked to keep it at 50 per cent capacity that way customer can sit at least a meter apart.
distance is key – 1 meter apart
Premier Francois Legault, is encouraging people to get out of the house, go for a walk, buy bread or head to the pharmacy but to keep at least a metre away from people, and again, to avoid all non-essential travel
Also, some good news for people trying to get through to 811 - the Health Minister said at least 30 people will be trained on today to help with the 811 Info Sante service line, and that there is a potential for that number to increase.
Via Rail services between Quebec City, Windsor cut by 50%
Via Rail is suspending service on major long-distance train routes for two weeks as Canada grapples with the COVID-19 outbreak.
The cancellations affect the Montreal-Halifax route, known as the Ocean, and the Toronto-Vancouver route, known as the Canadian.
Via Rail said in a statement Friday that the suspensions would be in place until March 27.
Via Rail announced it will begin cutting train services running between Quebec City and Windsor by 50 per cent on Tuesday until March 27 in an attempt to help curb the coronavirus pandemic.
In addition to service reduction, Via Rail said it is changing the way meal services are offered to limit contact between passengers and staff.
Neither business or economy class passengers will be offered the usual food or beverage services, said Via Rail.
Real estate giant Cadillac Fairview is reducing operating hours at shopping malls across Canada in response to public health efforts to contain the novel coronavirus.
The company, which owns and operates 19 malls across six provinces in Canada, with nine malls in Ontario alone, is reducing its hours to 11 a.m.-7 p.m.
In a statement posted online Saturday, the company said it has not been “advised” by public health to close the malls.
“However, effective Monday, March 16, mall operating hours will be 11 a.m.-7 p.m. every day (unless the regularly scheduled closing hour is earlier),” the company said.
The new reduced operating hours will be in place for two weeks, after which the company will evaluate its options.
The malls owned and operated by: Cadillac Fairview in each province are: Carrefour Laval, , Fairview Pointe Claire, Galeries d’Anjou, Promenades St-Bruno.
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SOURCE: ctvnews