Starting Sunday, Ontario’s indoor social gathering limit will be cut from 25 people to 10, and outdoors from 100 to 25, with 50 per cent indoor capacity limits for all restaurants and bars, which will have to close at 11 p.m., the Star’s Robert Benzie reports. All food and drink service at sports events, concerts, plays, and cinemas will be prohibited due to the spread of the latest COVID-19 variant. Starting Sunday, Ontario’s indoor social gathering limit will be cut from 25 people to 10, and outdoors from 100 to 25, with indoor capacity for all restaurants and bars cut in half, sources tell the Toronto Star. Pfizer and BioNTech will also evaluate a third dose among other age groups as the omicron variant weakens the potency of their vaccine. Chief public health officer Dr. Heather Morrison is urging residents to follow public health rules, including physical distancing and wearing three-layer masks in indoor public spaces and outdoors when distancing can’t be maintained.

Source: thestar December 18, 2021 18:48 UTC