On Wednesday, the United Kingdom announced it will lift all COVID restrictions on Jan. 26, based on the mildness of Omicron and how it’s receding.
Ontario is long overdue to play catch-up with the United States’ more evolved approach to managing the virus, and now it looks like we’ll be left playing catch-up with the U.K., as well.
We can hope.
UPDATE: Ontario announces reopening plan; restaurants, gyms, theatres to reopen at 50% capacity on Jan. 31
Ontario will allow restaurants, gyms, theatres and other indoor settings to reopen at 50 per cent capacity as of Jan. 31 as part of a wider plan to gradually lift most COVID-19 restrictions by mid-March.
On Thursday, Premier Doug Ford announced that the province will gradually lift current public health measures to blunt transmission of the highly contagious Omicron variant.
