The Canadian province of Ontario has dispatched nurses to a remote northern indigenous community hit hard by the coronavirus to conduct testing and provide healthcare support, the local leader said on Tuesday.
Provincial health workers perform coronavirus disease nasal swab tests on Raymond Robins of the remote First Nation community of Gull Bay, Ontario, Canada April 27, 2020. REUTERS/David Jackson
But Chief Wilfred King suspects additional cases will occur in the community of 350 people, 200 km north of Thunder Bay, Ontario.The nursing team now in Gull Bay, including two already stationed there, is carrying out testing and providing care for those who are ill. Outbreaks among indigenous populations have been a cause of concern to public health officials in Canada, given the high proportion of problems already present on Canada’s reserves, such as a lack of clean drinking water and a housing crisis.
“This pandemic has exposed the fragility of some of our populations,” Theresa Tam, Canada’s chief public health officer, said on Tuesday, citing indigenous communities as among the most vulnerable.“This virus doesn’t stop at the Gull Bay First Nation border,” he said. “It can get very bad in this region if this isn’t addressed in a strong meaningful way.”
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