If you haven’t already done so, please download the COVID Alert app. https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/coronavirus-disease-covid-19/covid-alert.html
Summary table of the COVID-19 Alert Level System https://www.gov.nl.ca/covid-19/files/Summary-Table-of-COVID-19-Alert-Level-System-graphic-1.pdf
Alert Level 5 has broad sweeping public health measures to protect the population. Public Health Orders are in place.
Life at Level 5:
Your responsibility:
- Follow Public Health Guidance for All Alert Levels. https://www.gov.nl.ca/covid-19/alert-system/public-health-guidance-for-all-alert-levels/
- Stay at home as much as possible, except to get essentials like groceries and medications.
- With the exception of a single person household joining another household, limit contact with others to your immediate household bubble.
- If you have COVID-19 symptoms, please use the Assessment and Testing Referral https://covidassessment.nlchi.nl.ca/ tool or call 811 if you do not have internet access.
Public Spaces and Gatherings:
- Wakes and visitations are prohibited.
- Funerals, burials, weddings, and religious and cultural ceremonies are limited to no more than 5 people, including the officiant.
- With the exception of a single person household joining another household, all other gatherings are limited to those individuals within the same household. This does not apply to custody and access orders and arrangements.
Recreational Activities:
- Gym and fitness facilities are closed, including yoga studios, swimming pools, tennis and squash facilities, and arenas.
- Dance studios and performance spaces are closed.
- Outdoor activities, including walking, hiking, or snowshoeing, are encouraged as long as physical distancing can be maintained between household bubbles and you are not required to self-isolate for any reason.
Health care services:
- Private health care clinics are closed, except those of physicians and nurse practitioners. Closed clinics can offer urgent and emergent care, and virtual options can be offered for non-urgent care.
- Visitor restrictions in health care are in place.
- Orders for long term care, personal care homes, and assisted living facilities are in place.
- Regional health authorities have postponed or cancelled some health care services.
Businesses and Services:
- Retail stores that do not provide services essential to life, health or personal safety of individuals and animals are closed to in-person service, but can offer online/telephone sales with delivery or curbside pick-up options. Essential products include:
- Food;
- Pharmaceutical products, medicine and medical devices;
- Personal hygiene products;
- Cleaning products;
- Baby and child products;
- Gas stations and garages;
- Computer and cellphone service and repair;
- Electronic and office supplies;
- Hardware supplies; and
- Pet and animal supplies.
- Restaurants are closed for in-person dining (take-out, delivery and drive-thru options are still permitted).
- Businesses that hold a license under the Liquor Control Act whose primary purpose is the consumption of beer, wine, or spirits are closed.
- Cinemas are closed.
- Bingo halls are closed.
- Personal service establishments, including spas, esthetic services, hair salons, body piercing, tattooing and tanning salons, are closed.
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