A First Nation in Northern Manitoba was locked up after reporting that a user who had visited the vicinity of Gillam city had later tested positive for COVID-19.
On Friday, Fox Lake Cree Nation briefed the band members in a network update of a report through public fitness officials that a user tested positive for Gillam from August 12 to 21.
The community emergency crisis team was planning to meet on Saturday morning, the community said.
The user does not live in Gillam or Fox Lake, but he handled Gillam with his family, he said.
He added that the user in Gillam, about 50 kilometers from Fox Lake, when he reported that he was in close contact with a case displayed in the Prairie Mountain Health domain of southwest Manitoba.
The user started self-isolation in Gillam and the symptoms evolved, and positive control was shown on Friday, the account said. The Fox Lake account indicated that the user had not attended any business during his stay in Gillam and had not contacted anyone in the Cree Nation.
On Saturday morning, Manitoba province reported active cases in the northern fitness region.
Fox Lake has closed its reservation. No one can enter or leave the reservation.
Keeping COVID-19 out of First Nations has been a major fear since the start of the pandemic. Many First Nations in Manitoba have put controls in place from the beginning and have created new regulations, such as banning their reserves to prevent the spread of the virus.
Housing overcrowding and poor sanitation can lead to devastating epidemics, network leaders have already warned.
Fox Lake’s opinion indicated that there is no link between the positive COVID-19 case with the Workers of Manitoba Hydro or the Keeyask Dam site.
In May, First Nations blocked the site after Manitoba Hydro retained assigned personnel, despite considerations regarding the introduction of COVID-19 in the area. The locks led Hydro to reduce the paints on the site.
Gillam is about 740 kilometers north of Winnipeg.
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