Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Kami Kandola has issued a 14-day containment order for What矛 after 10 probable or confirmed cases of COVID-19 were found in the community, Kandola said in a news release on Sept. 11.
There are more than 40 known contacts of the cases.
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The order, which goes into effect at 11:59 p.m. on Sept. 11 requires the closure of non-essential businesses and a shift to remote learning for schools in the community.
Additional restrictions will be put on indoor or outdoor gatherings to include only household members.
Essential services will remain open with some limitations.
The cases have been traced to a community barbecue on Sept. 6 and anyone who attended it is a contact of COVID-19.
Partially or unvaccinated attendees of the barbecue must immediately self-isolate and notify the health centre. Attendees who are fully vaccinated should self-monitor.
Kandola recommends against non-essential travel to and from What谋虁.
Anyone who is not fully vaccinated and who traveled from What谋虁 to another NWT community since Sept. 6 must isolate at their destination and notify their local health centre.
The cases in What谋虁 represent further spread of coronavirus in the T艂谋台ch谦 region, as there are 16 active cases in Behchok谦虁.
Due to the spread, the election for T艂谋台ch谦 Grand Chief has been postponed until Nov. 18, 2021, registrar Gabrielle Mackenzie-Scott said on Sept. 10.
The election was originally scheduled for Sept. 30.
