Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Janice Fitzgerald says Newfoundland and Labrador will move to Step 2 of its reopening phase on Aug .1. "Our epidemiology continues to be favourable," Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Janice Fitzgerald said during a briefing Friday afternoon. Fitzgerald said public health restrictions will ease, but there is no change to the requirement for mandatory masks in public spaces. Those places include indoor spaces where distancing might not be possible and where people may not know everyone's vaccination status. Continued vaccine effortWhile the province has reached 50 per cent of the population with two vaccine doses, Fitzgerald said there's still some concern.

Source: CBC News July 30, 2021 11:30 UTC