More restrictions to ease as Yukon heads ‘down the other side’ of Omicron peak – CBC

‘We are trending toward safer waters,’ said Premier Sandy Silver

Feb 17, 2022

Yukon will ease more public health restrictions on Friday, with leaders saying the territory seems to be through the worst of the Omicron wave of COVID-19.

Premier Sandy Silver said Thursday that the territory’s health indicators “are trending in the right way.”

“We appear to be moving past the peak of the Omicron wave in the territory and we are trending toward safer waters.”

As of Thursday, there were 61 known active cases of COVID-19 in the territory. That’s down from a week ago, when officials said Yukon appeared to be at the peak of the Omicron wave.

The government’s case count does not represent the true number of infections, however. Home rapid antigen test results do not have to be reported to Yukon Communicable Disease Control.

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-covid-update-feb-17-1.6355068