State Of Emergency Not Going To Be Renewed: Measures Easing
Written by Jeremy Zafran on 10 February 2022
The Covid-19 Task Force held a Facebook live update on Kahnàwake 911 Thursday, that was broadcast on your community radio station, K1037. Lloyd Phillips Commissioner of Public Safety was at the podium with news on the continued staggered easing of measures in the community. Phillips saying that there you can expect significant changes in progress for Kahnawake with the return to full capacity for bars and restaurants, cigar lounges and social clubs:
“Effective Monday, the 14th, these areas will be permitted to operate at full capacity, once again, very similar to the way it was pre-the Omicron wave or the 5th wave. So, that’s some very positive news that they can get the economics of their business up and running as quickly as possible, get people back to work as quickly as possible. So, as of Monday that will be able to be at 100% capacity.”
Phillips saying the State of emergency was on the task force meeting agenda meeting this week:
“The current state of emergency which is set to expire on February 20th, will come to an end on that date. Part of my role as the Public Safety Commissioner is to make recommendations to Chief and Council on a state of emergency and at this point of time there is no intention of requesting or recommending an extension. Again, all positive news, and we will move into a recovery phase.”
Although masking and vaccine passports will still be in place for the time being.
Ohén:ton Í:iente ne Ietsénhaienhs Kahsennenhawe Sky-Deer talked about protecting the community and thanked Kahnawa’kehró:non for all the sacrifice made during these difficult days with the reopening on the horizon, things are looking up:
“I think the words that Lloyd shared today is definitely something the community has been looking forward to hearing in terms of moving towards opening at a 100% capacity starting on Valentine’s day. Talking about the work ahead and what the state of recovery is going to look like. We had been there before, before the whole Omicron variant hit the community in December around the holidays. But, this time around, we’re looking at the collaboration, because obviously there is still a role for Public Health and Public Safety to play as we move forward into the state of recovery as well as that of the Mohawk Council of Kahnàwake.”
