The region’s top doctor says we’re in a good position to be entering Step Two of the province’s reopening plan.
“I think this is good news for everyone,” says Medical Officer of Health for the Northwestern Health Unit, Dr. Kit Young Hoon. “We’ve seen that by high vaccination coverage rates and stronger restrictions when case numbers were high that case numbers have come down provincially and for us our case numbers are very low and continue to be low. Moving to step two now is an appropriate time to be loosening restrictions.”
Dr. Young Hoon does caution residents.
“I think the general public needs to be aware, however, that there are areas across the province where there is still increasing spread, where there are high rates of COVID-19 and where there is the Delta variant, which is known to be more transmissible than other variants of this virus.”
“We still encourage people to be mindful of the risk, to get vaccinated because that is a key way of controlling the spread of COVID-19 and therefore not having to bring in public health restrictions again if cases should increase,” adds Dr. Young Hoon.
As of Tuesday, there were eight active cases of COVID-19 in the Northwestern Health Unit catchment area, with nearly 92 thousand doses of a COVID-19 vaccine administered.
The health unit will be in contact with local businesses and workplaces who are now able to reopen in this step to ensure they are aware of regulations that must be followed.
