Thursday, March 19, 2020

Haida Gwaii self-isolates, discourages non-resident travel as COVID-19 response continues to accelerate



Residents of Haida Gwaii are asking those who are not full time residents of the Islands to stay home, discouraging non-resident travel through an information statement that brought all Island leaders and health authorities together on the call.

Haida Nation President Gaagwiis (Jason Alsop), provided the latest moves to residents through a video presentation (see above).

Noting of the extra-ordinary times that we find ourselves in,  the Council of the Haida Nation after consultation with Village Councils and municipalities. has urged against any leisure travel to Haida Gwaii.


The latest moves from Island officials comes after they issued a travel advisory for residents of the Islands last week.

Further details and background on the steps that Haida Gwaii is taking to self-isolate can be found from the Council of the Haida Nation website and through their Social media stream.

The Council of Haida Nation has also created a COVID-19 Notice page which you can access here.

Among some other offerings towards more information,  the BC Centre for Disease control has some valuable Coronavirus notes related to COVID-19 you can explore that information here.

You can learn more about the outbreak from both the Province and the Federal government from the links below:

Federal Government site

British Columbia Government site

The World Health Organization website also offers up the latest advisories on the global situation.

More from  Northern Health can be reviewed here 

You can review our archive of past statements and local information here.

Local governments and organizations have also provided for increased awareness of COVID-19 issues, the string of statements that came quickly at the end of the week can be reviewed here.

For notes from across Canada and British Columbia we have been archiving the latest items through our political portal Darcy McGee

Ottawa Observations

Victoria Viewpoints


Cross posted from the North Coast Review.

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