self-isolation Archives

Community, Featured, Health, News, Politics October 28, 2020

Residents should get community support for self-isolation exemptions: health minister

CPHO has sole authority to accept or deny self-isolation exemptions.

Ron Bonnetrouge, MLA for Deh Cho, says community leaders in his region are concerned they are not consulted when Dr. Kami Kandola approves exemptions for self-isolation. Under the current public health orders, all residents returning to the NWT must self-isolate for 14 days in either Yellowknife, Inuvik, Hay River or…

Featured, Health, News July 23, 2020

Six people fined for not following self-isolation protocol

Fines were issued between June 25 and July 13 for $1,725

Six people received fines of $1,725 over the past month for breaking Northwest Territories COVID-19 protocols. Fines were issued to three people in the Dehcho, two in the South Slave and one in the North Slave region, a press release from the Chief Public Health Officer (CPHO) says. The first…

Featured, Health June 30, 2020

Certain non-residents now required to pay for stay at self-isolation centres

Starting July 1, certain non-residents coming to the Northwest Territories need to pay to stay at a self-isolation centre. These include non-residents who have received an exemption from travel restrictions and do not have a pre-existing arrangement to self-isolate, a press release says. However, the Government of the Northwest Territories…

Community, Featured, Health, News March 21, 2020

First case of COVID-19 confirmed in NWT

On Saturday afternoon, several officials held a press conference. Here is an update with that additional information. The Office of the Chief Public Health Officer has confirmed the first case of COVID-19 in the Northwest Territories. According to a news release sent late Saturday morning, the person travelled to B.C….