Chisasibi youth diagnosed with COVID-19, bringing total among Cree in Quebec to 5 – CBC
Youth has underlying health conditions, sent to hospital in Montreal as precaution
Apr 07, 2020
A youth from Chisasibi and a close contact are the latest Quebec Cree to be diagnosed with COVID-19 bringing to total to six.
The young person is a patient of the Cree health board and had travelled to Montreal for a medical appointment and then back to Chisasibi, the largest of the Cree communities, before being diagnosed while in self-isolation.
After the diagnosis was confirmed, the youth was medevaced to Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine, a children’s hospital in Montreal, as a precaution because of underlying health conditions.
“He was medevaced a couple of day ago,” said Chisasibi Chief Davey Bobbish in a video message on the community’s Facebook page Monday.
Read More: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/cree-covid-19-montreal-chisasibi-diabetes-1.5524560
