Virus has now spread to Hutterite colonies in all three Prairie Provinces
This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, orange, emerging from the surface of cells, green, cultured in the lab.COVID-19 has spread to Hutterite colonies in all three Prairie Provinces, with five new cases of the virus reported Friday in one Manitoba community.
The council said in a news release that positive cases were identified in Manitoba colonies as of Sunday. The safety council acknowledged in a news release that the Hutterite communal lifestyle “has certain vulnerabilities in regard to viral spread.” The council said there is no indication that the Manitoba cases were linked to a funeral held recently for three teens from the Spring Valley Hutterite Colony in southern Alberta who drowned last month.
He said health officials are only visiting the colonies when invited, then going door-to-door to spread public health messages.
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