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Province Pulls â•œEmergency Brakeâ•š Sending All 34 Public Health Regions Into â•œLockdownâ•š | Kawartha 411 Photo by Tim Mossholder from Pexels KAWARTHA LAKES-The Ontario government is imposing a provincewide emergency brake as a result of what officials are calling an alarming surge in case numbers and COVID-19 hospitalizations across the province. The provincewide emergency brake will be effective Saturday, April 3, 2021, at 12:01 a.m. and the government intends to keep this in place for at least four weeks. Details were provided today by Premier Doug Ford, Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, Dr. David Williams, Chief Medical Officer of Health, and Dr. Adalsteinn (Steini) Brown, Co-Chair of the Ontario COVID-19 Science Province Pulls "Emergency Brake" Sending All 34 Public Health Region... https://www.kawartha411.ca/2021/04/01/province-pulls-emergency-brak... 1 of 5 5/12/2021, 3:50 PM