Guelph and area moved into 'Yellow' category

The area covered by Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health will move into the the provincial Yellow level starting Saturday.

Yellow is the “protect” category. Guelph had previously been in the Green (prevent) category.

Yellow means implementing enhanced restrictions, measures and enforcement avoiding any closures.

The province now categorizes public health regions into five levels: Green (prevent), Yellow (protect), Orange (restrict), Red (control) and Lockdown being a measure of last and urgent resort.

"The framework lays out a proactive and graduated response to be applied based on the local situation in each region," said Dr. David Williams, the province’s Chief Medical Officer of Health.

"By working with the medical officers of health and local authorities on the realities and situations of COVID-19, we want to continue to help protect people's health and wellbeing. We are adapting the public health measures to be as targeted and efficient as possible to stop the spread of the virus, while managing any outbreaks as quickly as possible."

Health units and their level:

Lockdown:

• No public health unit regions.

Red-Control:

• Peel Regional Health Unit.

Orange-Restrict:

• Ottawa Public Health; and

• York Region Public Health.

Yellow-Protect:

• Brant County Health Unit;

• City of Hamilton Public Health Services;

• Durham Region Health Department;

• Eastern Ontario Health Unit;

• Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit;

• Halton Region Public Health;

• Niagara Region Public Health;

• Region of Waterloo Public Health and Emergency Services;

• Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit; and

• Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health.

Green-Prevent:

• Algoma Public Health;

• Chatham-Kent Public Health;

• Grey Bruce Health Unit;

• Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington Public Health;

• Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit;

• Hastings Prince Edward Public Health;

• Huron Perth Public Health;

• Lambton Public Health;

• Leeds, Grenville & Lanark District Health Unit;

• Middlesex-London Health Unit;

• North Bay Parry Sound District;

• Northwestern Health Unit;

• Peterborough Public Health;

• Porcupine Health Unit;

• Public Health Sudbury & Districts;

• Renfrew County and District Health Unit;

• Southwestern Public Health;

• Thunder Bay District Health Unit;

• Timiskaming Health Unit; and

• Windsor-Essex County Health Unit.