Federal government sending more help to NWT to deal with COVID-19 surge

Ten specialists from the Canadian Red Cross headed for Northwest Territories to assist with surge in COVID-19 cases

This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.The federal government is sending more help to the Northwest Territories to deal with a spike in COVID-19 cases.

The support – 10 specialists from the Canadian Red Cross – will be effective until Nov. 14, with the possibility of a two-week extension.That’s on top of previous help provided through the Public Health Agency of Canada and Statistics Canada for infection control and contact tracing. As of Monday, there were 263 active cases in the Northwest Territories, which last week extended a territory-wide public health emergency until Oct. 26.

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