City council unanimously votes to tighten restrictions at Toronto bars, restaurants

Additionally, everyone at a table will be required to leave their personal details with an employee as part of contact tracing.

By Lucas Casaletto

Toronto City Council has approved new measures to further curb the spread of COVID-19 in bars and restaurants.

The board has unanimously voted to impose new measures at bars and restaurants, including reducing the number of patrons from 100 to 75 and the number of people at a table from 10 to six.

Additionally, everyone at a table will be required to leave their personal details with an employee as part of contact tracing.

Mayor John Tory says this is a tough decision but it is one that has to be balanced to keep people healthy and maintain economic stability.

“We’re doing what we believe is right. We are recommending what we believe is right. All of these things fit into that category,” the Mayor said.

“We’re certainly only doing it after a very careful assessment done daily about the consequences these types of things have, because they do have consequences.”

The timeline of when these new restrictions will be implemented is unclear.

Last week, three restaurants on King Street were ordered to shut their doors by Toronto Public Health for violating terms under the Health Protection and Promotion Act and on Tuesday, a popular Italian restaurant closed until further notice after one of its employees tested positive.

As Ontario begins its second wave of COVID-19, Toronto continues to be the leader in new case numbers, as well as Ottawa and the Peel Region.

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