{"id":677,"date":"2020-05-08T16:51:44","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T20:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/working.simplistics.ca\/bao\/?p=677"},"modified":"2020-09-16T15:12:22","modified_gmt":"2020-09-16T19:12:22","slug":"covid-19-cemetery-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebao.ca\/stage\/covid-19-cemetery-restrictions\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 cemetery restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Reminder \u2013 May 8, 2020<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are restrictions on visiting cemeteries in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Bereavement Authority of Ontario (BAO) wants families to know that many cemeteries are closed to the public on various days, while others are open, depending on the decisions of each cemetery across the province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>At cemeteries<\/strong>&nbsp;that are open, people still must adhere to the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act regulation limiting gatherings to&nbsp;<strong>five people<\/strong>. Cemeteries can impose further restrictions on access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">People must also follow these COVID-19 restrictions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>For funeral services at the gravesite<\/strong>, there can be no more than&nbsp;<strong>10 people<\/strong>, not counting funeral staff \u2013 but only for funeral services. Otherwise, five is the maximum.<\/li><li><strong>Physical distancing&nbsp;<\/strong>between people, of two metres apart, must be practiced at all times by everyone in the cemetery.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FYI \u2013 Earlier this week, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thebao.ca\/mothers-day\/\">BAO issued a statement about Mother\u2019s Day<\/a>\u00a0in relation to visiting cemeteries. Read more about\u00a0<strong>COVID-19\u00a0<\/strong>restrictions, directives and guidance in the bereavement sector on our\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/thebao.ca\/covid-19-update-links\/\">Ready\u2026together<\/a><\/em>\u00a0index page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reminder \u2013 May 8, 2020 There are restrictions on visiting cemeteries in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19. &nbsp; The Bereavement Authority of Ontario (BAO) wants families to know that many cemeteries are closed to the public on various days, while others are open, depending on the decisions of each cemetery across the province&#8230;.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-notice-to-the-profession"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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