Kahnawake Task Force Looking at COVID Measures
Written by Paul Graif on 8 February 2022
Reaction from the Kahnawake COVID-19 Task Force after reports that Quebec will be loosening some of the COVID restrictions with an announcement this afternoon at 1 pm from Premier Francois Legault.
“All the things we’ve been moving forward thus far, some are in line with what Quebec is doing. Some other areas we are definitely ahead of them. For example: the gaming as well as bars were allowed to open as last week,” said Lloyd Phillips, the Commissioner of Public Safety. “We do have a meeting for tomorrow (Wednesday). We already have household gatherings that is on the agenda, as well as return to work plans for large organizations. And looking at the whole landscape. And looking at where the next steps could kick in as of next week.”
According to a Journal de Montreal report, Legault will also announce that 10 people can sit at the same table at a restaurant. Sports games can resume as of Valentine’s Day Monday Feb 14th. Then on the 28th – bars will be permitted to reopen.
Even though Kahnawake is not keeping official numbers any longer, Phillips says things have stabilized in the community.
“We continue to see what’s happening around us in terms of public health measures,” Phillips said. “Hospitalizations has been a key area to continue to watch. But we also have a good sample section. We use all of the community organizations and the number of employees that are affiliated with them we are probably looking at close to one-thousand people. That’s a good sampling size of our community. So, knowing what’s happening inside of the organizations gives us a good snapshot overall of what’s happening in the community. Knowing the rates are down drastically down from a month ago, we know we are in a much better place.”
