June 9 COVID-19 updates from the City of Hamilton:
As of 9 a.m. this morning, there are 738 confirmed positive cases, 7 probable cases, and 41 deaths from COVID-19 in #HamOnt.
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#HamiltonReopens The provincial government announced Monday that some parts of the province would be moving into Stage 2 of the province’s reopening plan this Friday, with communities in the Golden Horseshoe remaining in Stage 1 at this time.
As of Friday, changes in Hamilton include:
*Groups of 10 people or less may gather, preferably outdoors and consistently with the same 10 people
*Places of worship can use up to 30% of their capacity for religious services.
We will continue to monitor provincial announcements.
As part of the health measures in place to help reduce the spread of COVID-19, and to ensure there is a reliable and sustainable plan for transit service to continue, effective Monday June 22, 2020 there will be several changes to HSR service.
Customers are required to wear a non-medical mask while riding the bus, taking DARTS and using TRANSCAB.
In keeping with recommendations from the province, an exception will be made for:
*Children under the age of two (2)
*People who have difficulty breathing...
...*Anyone who is unable to remove a non-medical mask without assistance.
HSR will not deny anyone a ride. Remember, not all disabilities or medical conditions that prevent someone from safely wearing a non-medical mask are visible.
@hsr will begin to increase bus capacity to two-thirds and will continue to add supplemental service on busier routes to help minimize crowding and potential customer pass-bys. We are also installing polycarbonate driver compartment shields as an additional measure.
Earlier today, the province announced that licensed child care centres may begin to reopen on Friday, June 12. All centres will be required to meet additional requirements to safely reopen including enhanced cleaning, mandatory screening of staff and children...
...limitations on visitors, and ensuring they have a COVID-19 response plan in place.
We will work closely with our child care operators to gradually reopen child care centres across the city, assess and monitor the demand for child care, and keep families updated.
Emergency child care that has been available to frontline essential workers since late March will wind down effective June 26. Families served through emergency child care will be supported by service system managers to return to their previous arrangement, or finding new space.
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