Yesterday, the Chief Medical Officer of Health updated Special Measures Orders, effective midnight December 20, 2021, the communities of Badger, Gander, Grand Falls-Windsor and Twillingate will be moving into Alert Level 3. Under Alert Level 3:
- It is recommended to avoid travel in and out of the region unless it is for essential reasons such as work or medical care.
- Weddings, funerals, burials, religious and cultural ceremonies are limited to 100 people or 50 per cent of venue capacity, whichever is less.
- Public visitations are permitted, with one household bubble visiting at a time.
- Wakes are prohibited.
- Performance spaces, cinemas and bingo halls are closed.
- Informal gatherings such as those in the home are limited to your household’s Steady 20.
- Restaurants are open at 50 per cent capacity with physical distancing.
- Bars and lounges are closed.
- Amateur sport and recreation activities are limited to team practice and training only.
- Competition and training with other teams, even within the association is not permitted.
- Work from home is recommended, where possible.
Effective December 20 at 12:01 a.m., the remainder of the province will move to Alert Level 2. Under Alert Level 2:
- Weddings, funerals, burials, religious and cultural ceremonies are limited to 50 per cent venue capacity where NLVaxPass is in place and 25 per cent capacity where NLVaxPass is not in place.
- Spectators and attendees at fitness facilities, arenas, performance spaces, cinemas, and bingo halls are limited to 50 per cent venue capacity.
- Bars and lounges are limited to 50 per cent capacity with physical distancing.
- Restaurants are limited to 75 per cent capacity with physical distancing.
- Employees are also encouraged to work from home where possible.
- There are no changes to informal gatherings such as those in a home. These remain limited to a maximum of 25 people.
Effective 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 21, all fully vaccinated travellers will need to isolate for five days upon arrival. They will need to take a rapid test every day for five days and, if they are all negative, they can leave isolation after five full days or 120 hours have passed.
Anyone arriving in the province that has visited a post-secondary campus outside the province in the last 14 days and who is fully vaccinated must abide by these new isolation requirements and are also still required to have their arrival PCR test. If both the PCR test and five rapid tests are negative, they can leave isolation after five full days have passed.
Children between ages five and 11 that are not fully vaccinated and are travelling with parents or guardians that are fully vaccinated, will also need to self-isolate for five days with five rapid tests. After five days, they will then follow modified self-isolation until 14 days have passed. It is not mandatory for children under five to have a test, as long as the parents or guardians take their rapid tests. They can leave full isolation with their parents and continue on modified self-isolation until 14 days have passed.
Unvaccinated travellers must still isolate until they receive a negative PCR test on day seven or later, and are then subject to modified self-isolation for the remaining 14 days.
Additional information related to COVID-19 can be found at https://www.gov.nl.ca/covid-19/.
