It appears some people are not heeding warnings against travelling overseas.
Speaking from Pearson Airport in Toronto Monday morning with Acadia Broadcasting’s John Ongaro, the General Manager of Country 105 and 99.9 The Bay, Scott Pettigrew, told us he saw a few people in a very quiet terminal three.
“Still surprisingly, there were a number of people getting onto flights going to Cuba and the Dominic Republic and Mexico. So I was surprised those flights were still going,” noted our General Manager.
Pettigrew added the previous night the Calgary airport was packed with Canadians returning home. He says he’ll be in self-isolation at home for 14 days, after a holiday in California that has been cut short over COVID-19.
There are currently no confirmed COVID-19 cases in Thunder Bay. The Thunder Bay District Health Unit is urging you to self-isolate for 14 days if you have been out of the country. Authorities are also urging you to get your news on COVID-19 from credible news sources and that the Health Unit will be confirming any cases which show up in the district.
The Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre has implemented restrictions as well. Only one person is allowed to visit any patient at any time and that person must be designated by the patient. Everyone entering the hospital is being screened. There is also an assessment centre set up just outside the hospital’s Emergency Department.
Screening protocols are also taking place at all city-run and private long term care facilities.
Public and Catholic schools in Thunder Bay will be closed until at least April 5th. Confederation College and Lakehead University have suspended classes this week in order to formulate an online learning plan for students.
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