Gull Bay First Nation Chief worries members may avoid testing due to ‘fears of being socially ostracized’
Apr 27, 2020
Another member of Gull Bay First Nation (GBFN) has tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the community to seven, according to GBFN officials.
The Chief of Gull Bay First Nation, Wilfred King, said contact tracing is underway in the community to determine who may have been in close contact with the latest positive case, but he worries about how stigma attached to the virus will impact those being tested.
“As we continue to see here in GBFN there is no age group that is immune to COVID-19 as cases reach across the spectrum from toddlers to elders,” reads the news release from King.
COVID-19 testing will continue in the community, which is located about 200 kilometres north of Thunder Bay, by appointment at the BlueMed assessment facility.
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