The framework takes a gradual approach to help avoid broader closures and allow for additional public health and workplace safety measures to be introduced or removed incrementally.
It categorizes public health unit regions into five levels:
• Green-Prevent
• Yellow-Protect
• Orange-Restrict
• Red-Control
• Lockdown - being a measure of last and urgent resort.
Each level outlines the types of public health and workplace safety measures for businesses and organizations. These include targeted measures for specific sectors, institutions and other settings.
Public health unit regions will be classified according to current framework indicators. Proposed classifications based on data for the week of October 26, 2020 can be found here.
Currently, Durham Region is classified in Yellow-Protect.
As of November 7, 2020, the province will transition public health unit regions to the new framework. Updated data will be used for final review by the Chief Medical Officer of Health and approval by Cabinet on Friday, November 6, 2020.
