Mayor Brain provides local update on COVID-19 situation

Mayor Lee Brain used his Social Media platform of Facebook last night to outline some background to the COVID-19 situation in Northern British Columbia and in particular notes of interest for Prince Rupert.

With the Mayor relaying some information from Northern Health on the four reported cases of the coronavirus in the North.

All 4 cases in the north have these factors in common:  

They know where they originally contracted the virus (they had just return from travel). - 

They know exactly how they got home (drove home under strict conditions) and who they were in contact with. - 

They know they did not go anywhere but straight home into isolation. 

Those individuals are currently at home in isolation. 

Because these cases did NOT originate within any northern community itself, under the law, Northern Health won't identify or release the location of these individuals for their privacy/protection as they are technically not a threat to public health, and to not incite panic / speculation / rumors in any one community.

The update also notes that tho this point the virus has not been confirmed to have originated within any Northern Health community and how it would become a public health issue and residents would be notified about which community is affected if that situation arises.

His additional notes towards the COVID-19 situation reinforced the recommendations towards protecting ourselves and the need to be prepared and proactive.

As well Mr, Brain made note that the supply links remain good and that stores will continue to receive shipments and to purchase only what we need.

His Facebook post, which you can access here,  also takes questions from the community including concerns over those that may have returned to the country from recent trips and who may not be self isolating for the required fourteen days.

The City has also created a COVID-19 Archive page which you can review here.

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

For items of interest from Northern Health see our archive page here.

Cross posted from the North Coast Review.