Montreal Lake Cree Nation going into lockdown

The chief was joined by nurse manager Amanda Nelson, who encouraged community members to continue practicing social distancing and proper handwashing procedures. She added it is also important for people to be careful if they present any symptoms.

“If you are sick stay home, isolate,” she said.

Nelson also encouraged people showing any symptoms for COVID-19 to call 811. Community members were also advised to regularly clean high touch surfaces in their homes. She as well asked people to be patient when dealing with health care staff when working through the process.

“Hopefully, we can nip this in the bud and our community will come out of this healthy and stronger,” she said.

NITA conducting contact tracing

Nnamdi Ndubuka, Medical Health Officer for the Northern Inter Tribal Health Authority said they were aware of the positive test.

“We did report a case of COVID-19 in that community in an individual in their 60’s,” he said.

Ndubuka said the person is currently self isolating in their home. The doctor said an investigation is currently underway to find out who the infected person might have had contact with.

“We dicuss with the individual and try to identify the people who [they] might have come into contact with in this specific time period,” he said.

Ndubuka said the contact tracing process could include monitoring people who have had contact with the individual and providing them advice on how to protect themselves. This can include recommending self isolation.

“The contact tracing really is a very meticulous process that we ensure is complete,” he said.

The medical health officer stressed the need for people to continue to follow public health recommendations, like physical distancing or wearing a mask when distancing is not possible. He added practicing proper hand hygiene is also important.

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by paNOW Staff

Montreal Lake Cree Nation going into lockdown

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