Ontario is officially in an emergency state (as of yesterday). Schools and daycare centres have already been shut down for a week now, but the closures have extended now to all licensed daycares, libraries, community centers, theaters of all kinds, indoor rec centers, and restaurants (take out/delivery is allowed). Any gathering over 50 people are banned. Malls are either closed or operating on reduced hours and most banks have only a few key locations still open. Grocery stores are hit or miss depending on the regions. My region seems particularly bad with all paper products, most root veg, bread, sugar, flour, canned veg/fruit, soup, frozen veg, rice, beans / legumes, eggs, beef, ground meats, and milk all being in extremely short supply or gone entirely.
Thankfully, we have a small pantry that I keep decently well stocked and have been able to fill/expand the pantry so that, in combination with a meal delivery service we subscribe to (3x weekly), we should be good for easily 2-3 weeks before variety starts to wane. I also buy into a CSA (Community Shared Agriculture) program every summer so if this continues for a few months we'll have a weekly supply of fresh veg starting in May. Something people may want to look into... it might not be too late if interested (support local farmers! lol).
Honestly what scares me most these days isn't actually the virus, but rather the economic outfall of all this...
My sisters are both already laid off. My husband and I, while still employed and working remotely (thankfully) will likely be on reduced hours soon... and I'd expect he, at least, will end up laid off as he's in manufacturing (purchasing).
