Sarnia, Ontario — After a week of being in the Orange-Restrict level of the Province’s COVID-19 Response Framework, Sarnia has been moved back to the Red-Control Zone. This move places more stringent measures on businesses and individuals and is the highest level of control before a lockdown is enforced.
Cases of COVID-19 stayed relatively low in the Sarnia area until they began to rise dramatically in December. As of Wednesday, there were 94 active cases of the virus in Lambton County.
The first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine have been given to all residents of long-term care, retirement, or elder care homes who wanted one, so the Province is now focused on immunizing that group with its second dose and giving first doses to essential caregivers of seniors and health care workers along with adults in Indigenous populations and recipients of chronic home health care.
For more details about vaccine priority groups and Red-Control Zone restrictions, visit covid-19.ontario.ca.
Reporting for WGRT – Jessie Wiegand
