COVID-19 Waterloo Region: Province introduces new restrictions, extends stay-at-home order to slow spread
New restrictions to help slow the spread of COVID-19 will come into effect in Waterloo Region and across Ontario this weekend.

New restrictions to help slow the spread of COVID-19 will come into effect in Waterloo Region and across Ontario this weekend.
Waterloo regional police say they don't plan to randomly stop people or vehicles to ask why they are out of their homes under the province-wide stay-at-home order.
Ontario is restricting interprovincial travel, extending the state of emergency and stay-at-home order by two weeks, and placing new restrictions on recreational activities as COVID-19 cases soar.
Waterloo Region's top doctor says variants of concern are now the predominant strain of COVID-19 in the area.
Health officials in Waterloo Region reported another 82 COVID-19 cases on Friday.
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The third COVID-19 wave will continue into the summer if the current stay-at-home-order does not last six weeks and if Ontario does not support high-risk communities, as well as increase vaccinations, new modelling data released by the Ontario government shows.
Ontario has logged more than 4,800 new COVID-19 cases for the first time in the pandemic, breaking a record for the most daily infections for a second day in a row.
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Ontario is restricting interprovincial travel, extending the state of emergency and stay-at-home order by two weeks, and placing new restrictions on recreational activities as COVID-19 cases soar.
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Ontario announced Friday that police will have the authority to stop vehicles and ask individuals why they left their residence as part of the new measures introduced to curb the spread of COVID-19.
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