New measures coming into place for two Health Unit Areas
Public Health Sudbury & Districts is reinstating work-from-home requirements as of today. This is as COVID-19 case rates remain at what the health unit calls “unacceptably high levels” The medical officer of health is reinstating work-from-home requirements, revoked by the province on July 15, issuing strong recommendations for COVID-19 protections to area schools, businesses, and organizations, and enacting stricter measures for the follow up of contacts of cases of COVID-19.
Meanwhile,
Algoma Public Health Unit is ordering more mandatory measures to further limit gathering numbers and restrict high-risk close contact activities. This
