Premier Doug Ford has outlined some tough guidelines to fight the fast-spreading Omicron variant.

He announced all publicly funded and private schools will move to remote learning starting January 5 until at least January 17.

All the new measures to take effect on January 5 at 12:01 a.m.

All indoor dining at restaurants and bars are gone and the capacity limit has been reduced to five people indoors and 10 people outdoors.

There will only be outdoor dining, takeout, drive through and delivery allowed.

Retail stores, malls, public libraries and personal care services limited to 50 per cent capacity.

Saunas, steam rooms and oxygen bars closed.

Capacity at weddings, funerals and religious services limited to 50 per cent capacity per room.

Outdoor services must have two-metre distancing between all attendees.

Employees must work remotely unless their work requires them to be on site.

Gyms and other indoor recreational sport facilities closed, except athletes training for the Olympics and Paralympics and certain professional and elite sports leagues.

Outdoor facilities are permitted but with a 50 per cent capacity limit on spectators.

Museums, galleries, zoos, science centres, historic sites, amusement parks, festivals and other attractions closed.

Outdoor establishments allowed with restrictions and capacity limits.

Indoor meeting and event spaces closed with limited exceptions, except those with outdoor spaces, which can operate with restrictions.

Non-urgent surgeries paused

In Ontario on January 2 there were  another 13,578 new cases of COVID-19. That followed 16,714 cases on Sunday and a pandemic-high 18,445 cases on Saturday.