On Sunday, a shown case of COVID-19 at the McClean Lake uranium plant in northern Saskatchewan involved Candyce Paul, who coordinates the English River First Nation emergency control team.
She is one of many other people in the region who helped fight coronavirus outbreaks in the spring. For her, confirmation of the operation of Orano Canada Inc. at McClean Lake he raised considerations about other people who paint there and return to the northern communities. lacking fitness services, he said.
“It’s like putting everyone up north on pins and needles. “
On Sunday, 3 workers connected remotely after playing with the positive tester.
Orano spokeswoman Carey Hyndman said others have taken action ever since. It is possible not to estimate how many are ingsing; none of them have tested positive for the virus so far. The only positive case was probably contracted off-site, according to the company.
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In a statement released Sunday, Orano CEO Jim Corman said the company had “prepared for this situation” and added that physical condition and worker protection were his most sensible priority.
The McClean Lake plant, about 750 kilometers northeast of Saskatoon, processes uranium for Cameco Corp’s Cigar Lake mine.
Cameco spokesman Jeff Hryhoriw said “the potential threat to our Cigar Lake as a result of positive control is very low” and production will continue as planned.
Paul said total dominance is home to other people who paint at McClean Lake. She needs more public data on the case for a percentage with netpaintings members who are involved in the news, she said.
The threat of network transmission is “agonizing” given the links between previous regional outbreaks this year and Alberta’s return, he added.
Others said the proven case is a set of unfortunate but probable circumstances.
Pam Schwann, president of the Saskatchewan Mining Association, said: “While it is not disappointing to hear a case, it is not unexpected. “
She said fitness precautions and the search for contacts from the mining sector would minimize the effect on northern communities.
Bruce Fidler, executive director of the North Municipalities Organization New North, said the case shown is surprising, but that the company’s precautions are encouraging.
The mayor of Ile-a-la-Crosse, Duane Favel, said Orano had contacted him and other mayors about the situation and estimated that about 4 citizens of his network came to the facility to work, leaving him involved in the imaginable. touch on non-unusual areas.
“As network leaders in northern Saskatchewan, I think we are all involved in the fact that the COVID-19 wave could infect many of our northerners, especially those who are vulnerable,” he said.
“Our biggest concern is that we are starting to lose other people in our communities in giant numbers. “