On July 24, 2020, the Reopening Ontario (A Flexible Response to COVID-19) Act, 2020, came into force. This Act ended the COVID-19 declaration of emergency in Ontario (while providing for the extension of particular Orders made pursuant to the Declaration), effective that day. On September 3, 2020, the government extended the deemed Infectious Disease Emergency Leave (deemed “IDEL”) under the ESA Regulation to January 2, 2021. It had previously been set to expire on September 4, 2020.