Ottawa sending more help to N.W.T. to deal with COVID-19 surge – CBC

Support includes 10 specialists from Canadian Red Cross

Oct 19, 2021

The federal government is sending more help to the Northwest Territories to deal with a spike in COVID-19 cases.

Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says Ottawa has approved a request from the territory to provide “surge capacity support” for infection prevention and control, contact tracing and testing.

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.

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/covid-aid-nwt-surge-1.6216242