The tri-cities are taking steps to respond to the novel coronavirus.
For Kitchener:
The City of Kitchener is closely monitoring the novel coronavirus in partnership with Region of Waterloo Public Health and the federal government.
In a release, the city says it will be increasing signage for good hygiene and disease prevention at all city facilities.
The temperature of water will be warmer as well at all city-owned handwashing stations.
For now, facility staff are engaged in increased cleaning procedures and they are also keeping all soap dispensers topped up in public bathrooms.
The City of Kitchener’s March break camps will all run as planned, but anyone who wants to withdraw their registration will receive a refund.
The Kitchener Market will be open on Saturday March 14, but any future Saturday programming and operations are pending re-evaluation, following Public Health’s recommendations regarding crowd limits of over 250 people.
For now, all public pools, arenas and community centres will remain open.
Kitchener’s Athletic Awards Banquet, which was originally scheduled for Tuesday, March 24, has been postponed.
The Centre in the Square will be cancelling all shows until Sunday, April 5. Officials are working on the potential of rescheduling cancelled shows.
For more on local cancellations, click here.
For Cambridge:
The City of Cambridge is also working with Region of Waterloo Public Health. “The health and wellbeing of our community remains our top priority,” said the city in a release.
For now, all city events will continue as normal.
The Cambridge Farmers’ Market will be open on Saturday, March 14, but any future opening dates are pending re-evaluation, following Public Health’s recommendations regarding crowd limits of over 250 people.
March Break camps will be going ahead as normal, however, no new camps will be offered during the additional two-week school break that has been put in place by the federal government for after March Break.
For Waterloo:
The City of Waterloo has consulted with local health officials and other area municipalities to help combat the spread of COVID-19. The have activated their emergency management plan and staff members are meeting frequently to plan for potential escalation of risk, if directed by Waterloo Region Public Health.
The city’s public facilities and recreational programming will be open until further notice. This is in exception of LHIN programs and events with more than 250 people.
Waterloo city hall and the service centre, and all recreational facilities like local sportsplexes, community centres and complexes will remain open, under regular operating hours.
All programming at public facilities, like swimming and skating, as well as March Break camps – will proceed as normal from March 16 to 20.
All minor sport groups have cancelled program, except for any groups that use the pool.
Community Adult Recreation Leagues (CARL) have all been cancelled.
No scheduled city events have been cancelled for now.
