State of Local Emergency

Additional measures in place

Therefore, pursuant to the Declaration of a State of Local Emergency declared by the City of Lloydminster, effective immediately and until further notice the following measures are being implemented, including any order issued under the Saskatchewan Health Act.

• Except in the case of family members living in the same household, indoor private gatherings held in private dwellings or out buildings associated with private dwellings shall not exceed 15 people.
  
  Indoor public gatherings over 30 people, and outdoor private and public gatherings over 30 people are prohibited except in the following circumstances where two metre distancing between people can be maintained:
  (i) Settings where people are distributed into multiple rooms or buildings, and workplaces; and
  (ii) Are a critical public service or an allowable business service.
  
  In the event that a critical public service or allowable business service is unable to maintain two metre distancing, other measures must be in place to prevent the transmission of COVID-19. This may include, but is not limited to, self-monitoring of personal health and supervision by Infection Prevention and Control Officers or Occupational Health and Safety.
  
  This section does not apply to critical public services, allowable business services, events and activities to the extent that the guidelines applicable to those events or activities found in the Re-Open Saskatchewan Plan on the Government of Saskatchewan website (Saskatchewan.ca) explicitly permits or requires an alternative gathering size for a specific event or activity or to an organization exempted by the Chief Medical Health Officer in accordance with subsection 1(m). In such a case, the gathering size explicitly permitted or required shall not be exceeded and specified physical distancing shall be maintained.

• Unless otherwise required by another section in this order, members of a household are exempt from physical distance requirements from members of their own household.

• All persons that have been identified by a Medical Health Officer as having novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) shall immediately go into mandatory self-isolation until such time as a Medical Health Officer determines that they no longer pose a public health threat.

• All persons that have been identified by a Medical Health Officer as a close contact of a person or persons with COVID-19 shall go into mandatory self-isolation for 14 days from the date of last having been exposed to COVID-19;

• All symptomatic persons that have been directed to receive a test for COVID-19 or are awaiting test results shall go into mandatory self-isolation until such time as a Medical Health Officer determines that they no longer pose a public health threat;
• All persons that have travelled internationally shall go into mandatory self-isolation for 14 days from date of arrival back into Canada, except for the following persons if such persons are supervised by Infection Prevention and Control Officers or Occupational Health and Safety in the workplace:
  i. specific health care workers;
  ii. workers who provide emergency health care services;
  iii. workers who are essential to maintain essential services;
  iv. workers who maintain supply chain; or
  v. rail, airline and transport crews.
• All persons that become symptomatic while on mandatory self-isolation shall call Healthline 811 and follow Healthline directives; and
• All persons who are household members or contacts of a person with COVID-19 shall immediately go into mandatory self-isolation for 14 days and call Healthline 811 if they become symptomatic and follow Healthline directives.
• All child care facilities that are co-located with or with-in a long term care or personal care home that meet the above restriction shall be segregated with a private entrance and separate space so that there are no shared common areas with the long term care home or personal care home, as the case may be, and no interaction between childcare children and residents of the home. The child care facility may continue to operate subject to any restrictions placed on all child care facilities.
• All businesses that are not a critical public service or allowable business services shall close. The list of critical public services and allowable business services for each region is found on the Government of Saskatchewan website: Saskatchewan.ca. All businesses permitted to operate must do so in accordance with any restrictions found on the critical public services and allowable business services list applicable to their region. All businesses permitted to operate shall do so in accordance with (b) and in a manner that prevents transmission of COVID-19.
• All businesses that are not a critical public service or an allowable business service are permitted to provide online sales.
• Critical public services, allowable business services, events and activities that the Re-Open Saskatchewan Plan has a specific guideline for must be operated in accordance with the applicable guideline found in the Re-Open Saskatchewan Plan posted on the Government of Saskatchewan website: Saskatchewan.ca.