Dawson Trail Dispatch November 2020

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Dawson Trail Dispatch

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COVID Codes Cause Confusion

Map of new Red and Orange zones.

By Marianne Curtis For the first two weeks of November, the RM of Tache, Ritchot and Town of Niverville will be joining Winnipeg in a Code Red lockdown, while the rest of the province slips into Code Orange. The province made this decision on October 30, while reporting an end of week record breaking total of 480 new cases, 94 of which were reported in the Southern Health–Santé Sud health region. In October the Manitoba test positivity rate is close to 9%. Code Red means there is extensive community transmission of COVID-19 and is not contained putting significant strains on our health care system. The alert level indicates there are widespread outbreaks and new clusters that

Business owners such as Tashia Lapiere, owner of Ste. G’s General Continued on Page 3... Store in Ste. Genevieve are left explaining changes to customers.

November 2020

Pandemic Response System Codes Provincial Response Level: RESTRICTED Community transmission of COVID19 is occurring. However, the virus is being transmitted at levels that public health and the health system can manage. The Chief Provincial Public Health Officer has set the response level to orange. - Stay home when sick. - Practise social distancing, hand washing/sanitizing and cough etiquette. - Mask use is mandatory in indoor public places. - Vulnerable people, such as seniors, are encouraged to exercise additional caution. - Limit private and public group gathering sizes to a maximum of five people in addition to a household. - Individuals identified as having COVID-19 or a close contact of someone with COVID-19 must immediately enter mandatory isolation/self-isolation (quarantine) until public health officials advise they can end isolation/self-isolation (quarantine). Additional guidance on self-isolation for confirmed cases and close contacts. - Non-essential travel outside of Manitoba is strongly discouraged. Individuals who travelled internationally or domestically (east of Terrace Bay, ON) must go into mandatory self-isolation (quarantine) for 14 days from the date of arrival to Manitoba. Additional guidance and exemptions to self-isolation for travellers. - Businesses must operate in accordance with the public health order and in a manner that prevents transmission of COVID-19. Additional guidance for businesses in the Restricted Level. The following additional restrictions are in force province wide: Restricted Travel to Northern Manitoba: RESTRICTED With increased case numbers in southern Manitoba, Public Health has implemented travel restrictions to northern Manitoba and remote communities, effective Friday, September 4th. Winnipeg Metropolitan Region: CRITICAL Additional restrictions came into effect 12:01 a.m. on Monday, November 2, 2020. See more on Page 3...


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