La Loche continues to see positive developments in battle against COVID-19 outbreak
The community of La Loche is reporting no new cases of COVID-19 and Clearwater River is expecting all outstanding cases to have recovered in the coming days.
During a public health update on the local CHPN 88.9 MBC Radio Network in La Loche, health officials and community leaders addressed the state of the outbreak as active case numbers in the Far North village are continuing to decline.
Dr. Rim Zayed, Chief Medical Officer with the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA), was joined by Chief Teddy Clark of Clearwater River Dene Nation, La Loche mayor Robert St. Pierre, Métis Nation-Saskatchewan council member Leonard Montgrand, deputy mayor Randy Herman and Trevor Tessier, director of primary care Northwest with SHA.
Dr. Zayed congratulated the community for their efforts though urged the public to maintain vigilant with Public Health Orders as there are still a number of active cases in both locations.