Under the currentemergency shutdownandstay-at-home orderin Ontario, residents may be wondering what further restrictions could possibly be put in place to help curb the rising COVID-19 stats that continue to alarm health experts.

Though we may feel as locked down as we can get, Premier Doug Ford is apparently set to announce some additional measures tomorrow, which could include anything from an extension of the stay-at-home order to closing down more parts of the economy, to a provincewide curfew.

Ontario is already under tight restrictions & there is no room to increase these further. Govt need to optimize their vaccination plan & increase ICU capacity where required.

Ontario is the most locked down place in North America & yet some ‘experts’ want tighter restrictions.

— Raza Ali (@Raza_Aali)April 15, 2021

Ford and his cabinet are meeting today to weigh out potential action as daily case countscontinue to surge over 4,000despite the stringent measures that have already been in place for nearly two weeks.

Many have criticized the fact that work settingsknown to be ripe grounds for outbreaks and transmission, such as construction sites andwarehouses, have remained fully operational during the shutdown.

Thecomplete mess of a vaccine rollouthasn't helped, either, as Ontario and Canada in general aren't getting enough needles into arms — falling behind even the U.S., which has now vaccinatednearly 50 per cent of its adult populationand whose Centers for Disease Control recentlyadvised against travel to Canadagiven ourrates of new infections.

Here are a few more things that I am hearing are up for discussion at cabinet with@fordnationtomorrow: pushing the stay-at-home order past May 6, fining people who go to work when they can work from home and more enforcement powers for police. Sounds like a fun meeting.#onpoli

— Brian Lilley (@brianlilley)April 15, 2021

Journalists have noticed a few indicators that some big news on the topic is coming: the fact that new COVID modelling projections, usually released on Thursdays, are coming out tomorrow instead, a change which seems ominous.

The province's major announcements about lockdown also usually tend to come on Friday afternoons, for whatever reason.

Ontario's Science Advisory Table will present the latest modelling data tomorrow.

It's normally presented on Thursdays -- which means the government wants to provide context tomorrow before potentially unveiling new measures.#onpoli

— Colin D'Mello CTVNews (@ColinDMello)April 15, 2021

Along with the aforementioned potential measures could be news ofinterprovincial travel restrictions, which officials in provinces like Quebec and B.C. have suggested, fining those who go in to work when they can do their job from home, and greater powers granted to local police, according to early reports.

But with the populationexperiencing extensive COVID fatigueas we remain one of the most locked-down parts of the world (and locked down for longest), how will the government be able to enforce such measures, and will people comply?

Hey ontario. More lockdown restrictions coming tomorrow. Yay

— Dr. Jan Itor (@jeremysobocan)April 15, 2021

Toronto has effectively been under a "full" lockdown since Nov. 23, after which we had a taste of "non-essential" retail shopping for just one month and两个我们的天井eks. Some businesses have been shutteredfor even longerthan the 20+ weeks it's been since that date.

Some would argue, though, that without stronger travel restrictions and heavy-handed rules like a curfew, our lockdowns are still "leaky."

Others would say the fact that we continue to let certain "essential" industries operate the way they have been and to letvast numbers of non-residents into the country— along with our mismanagement of the vaccine situation — should be of greater concern.