Most of NL Moves to Alert Level 4

As of midnight tonight most of the province will move to Alert Level 4. The exception will be the Avalon Peninsula.

Here is what Alert Level 4 consists of:

Your responsibility:

• Follow Public Health Guidance for All Alert Levels.

• Stay at home as much as possible, except to get essentials like groceries and medications.

• You can expand your household bubble to include one other household.

• If you have COVID-19 symptoms please use the Self-Assessment and Testing Referral tool or contact 811 if online services are not accessible.

Public Spaces and Gatherings:

• Gatherings at funerals, burials and weddings are restricted to no more than 10 people, as long as physical distancing can be maintained.

• Visitations and wakes remain prohibited.

Recreational Activities:

• Recreational angling and hunting are permitted.

• Golf courses can open with restrictions in place.

• Municipal parks are open.

• Outdoor playgrounds and equipment can be used, where owner/operators allow.

• Campsites remain closed.

• Gym and fitness facilities, yoga studios, tennis and squash facilities, arenas, dance studios and performance spaces remain closed.

• Outdoor activities, including walking, hiking, or riding your bike, are encouraged as long as physical distancing can be maintained and you are not required to self-isolate for any reason.

Health care services:

• Regional health authorities will begin to allow some health care services to resume.

• 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.

• All visitor restrictions in health care remain in place.

• Orders for long term care, personal care homes, and assisted living facilities remain in place.

Businesses and Services:

• Limited expansion of child care services.

• Professional services such as accounting firms and law firms can offer in-person services. Work from home policies are encouraged, where possible.

• In-person worker and workplace safety training will be permitted (e.g. Standard First Aid, Basic Safety Training, food safety, etc.).

• Gardening centres can open for in-person sales and service.

• Landscaping and lawn care services can operate.

• Animal daycares can resume operations.

• Retail stores that do not offer essential services, bars and lounges, cinemas, and personal service establishments remain closed.

• Restaurants remain closed for in-person dining.