Some First Nations leaders in Manitoba are hoping to see the reinstatement of travel restrictions to the province’s northern communities.
Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak (MKO) and Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC) called for the province’s top health officials to reintroduce the travel restrictions that prevented Manitobans from travelling north of the 53rd parallel.
That travel restriction ended on June 26.
MKO Grand Chief Garrison Settee says the call to reinstate the northern travel restriction is a proactive measure to minimize the spread of COVID-19, pointing out that northern communities’ access to primary health care “is not comparable to our neighbours in the south.”
The Fox Lake Cree Nation near Gillam went into lockdown following a positive COVID-19 test result in their community — making it the first positive test result in Northern Manitoba since April 6.
