Dufferin County Emergency Management
55 Zina Street L9W 1E5 Orangeville, ON, Canada

Keep following public health measures! Wearing a mask, washing your hands, and physical distancing helps stop the spread of COVID-19. #StayWell #StaySafe

Schools in Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph will Return to In-person Learning on Monday, Feb 8 News Release - https://bit.ly/3aLA9GH Ontario Expands Supports for Families of Children with Autism News Release https://bit.ly/2MUBDGh ... Backgrounder New Core Services - https://bit.ly/39MKvqj Ontario Provides Additional Funding to Strengthen Mental Health Services in the Justice System News Release - https://bit.ly/36H7hOB

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Ontario Provides Additional Funding for Schools & Expands COVID-19 Testing News Release https://bit.ly/3cvwrU3 Backgrounder Testing - https://bit.ly/3tpnH83 Backgrounder Funding https://bit.ly/3oI783o ... Ontario Extends Ontario Community Support Program News Release - https://bit.ly/39Du6Vb OCSA website - https://bit.ly/2XWs50X Ontario Establishes Mental Health Tables to Help Support First Responders & Public Safety Personnel News Release - https://bit.ly/2MoodlU

Ontario Announces Plan to Prevent the Spread of new COVID-19 Variants News Release https://bit.ly/39vonRf Government of Canada Introduces Further Restrictions on International Travel News Release https://bit.ly/2Mk3qQe ... Government of Canada Temporarily Waives the One-week Waiting Period for EI Claims News Release - https://bit.ly/3cmV70J Government of Canada Announces Second Instalment of the Safe Return to Class Fund News Release - https://bit.ly/3coknUf

Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph has 27 ICU beds. Today, 25 are in use for a population of 308,963. Please continue to follow all Public Health guidelines. Do your part. Slow the spread.

Ontario Moves Certain Regions to New Levels - Toronto & Peel will be Moving into Lockdown News Release - https://bit.ly/2J0lI75 Keeping Ontario Safe & Open Framework (see level descriptions here) - https://bit.ly/3k3PmFt Long-term care home visitor restrictions - https://bit.ly/3ljmVnZ ... Ontario Extends COVID-19 Orders News Release - https://bit.ly/3pP8if5 Full list of orders that have been extended - https://bit.ly/3m2Q7Qw

Provincial & Federal Guidelines for Celebrating the Holidays Safely Government of Canada safety advice for holiday or celebration - https://bit.ly/3fUP2sm Ontario Celebrate safely during COVID-19 - https://bit.ly/3qN408x Ontario Guidelines for gatherings - https://bit.ly/2VzPMK5 ... Ontario is Investing in Virtual Learning News Release - https://bit.ly/382QAgb Backgrounder - https://bit.ly/2JVSyam

WDGPH to Red Level Dec 14 https://bit.ly/2W7Ihu8 https://bit.ly/2W9YIpu Canada to Cover Cost of Vaccine & Updated Modelling https://bit.ly/3411MZp Update on COVID-19 in Canada https://bit.ly/3m6w8QJ Vaccine Rollout Pilot https://bit.ly/37UiVoV https://bit.ly/2WjIQ4d

Ontario Launches COVID-19 Workplace, Education & Enforcement Campaigns News Release - https://bit.ly/3fjz6PL COVID-19 information on developing a COVID-19 Workplace Safety Plan - https://bit.ly/2BfH6RW Ontario Invests to Help Provide Small Businesses with Financial Advice & Training... News Release - https://bit.ly/3314fTt See more

Measures in Place for COVID Vaccines https://bit.ly/377GR9j Health Canada Approves First COVID Vaccine https://bit.ly/2IFSryZ Ontario Identifies Groups to Receive the Vaccine First https://bit.ly/37GAokx Province Extends Orders https://bit.ly/3nfyWME https://bit.ly/3m2Q7Qw

Our Public Health region (Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph) is presently in the ORANGE (Restrict) level as outlined in the provincial COVID-19 Response Framework: Keeping Ontario Safe and Open. As a result, Dufferin Oaks will be closed to general visitors. Short stay (off-site) and temporary (overnight) absences for residents continue to be suspended. We will keep you updated with any changes. Thank you for your continued support,... The Oaks Leadership Team See more

On Dec. 4th WDG Public Health declared an outbreak at Headwaters Hospital’s medical in-patient unit. The outbreak has been declared because they have one patient with presumed hospital-acquired COVID-19 and currently three associated staff members testing positive for COVID-19. Further information available at: https://bit.ly/2LceXQW

Ontario Announces New Ontario Health Teams & Updates Long-term Care Home Testing Guidance News Release https://bit.ly/3kKkZEt Backgrounder - https://bit.ly/2KmUit0 Dr. Mercer from Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health Provides Letter to the Community ... News Release - https://bit.ly/36IjjGp See more

Ontario is Now Accepting Applications from Municipalities for Local Infrastructure Projects News Release https://bit.ly/32XAToP More information about the COVID-19 Resilience Infrastructure stream - https://bit.ly/3ozXRvw Transfer Payment Ontario - https://bit.ly/31iKjLw ... Ontario Expanding Mobile Crisis Services to Respond to Mental Health Emergencies News Release - https://bit.ly/38TS9PF

Ontario Launching New Agency to Centralize Government Procurement News Release - https://bit.ly/3pHpwLJ Ontario & Agri-Food Industry have Developed a New Strategy to Prevent COVID-19 Transmission News Release - https://bit.ly/3kDLADc ... Link to the Strategy https://bit.ly/3f7AJ2X Link to Farmers’ COVID-19 Toolkit - https://bit.ly/38Sa6OK See more