Due to high COVID-19 case numbers in Chippewa County, Mich., Algoma Public Health is extending a special advisory for Algoma residents who regularly cross the Canada-US border into Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., and into Chippewa County for work.
Even if you are exempt from federal travel and quarantine restrictions, APH advises to:
- Avoid cross-border travel and use virtual options if possible.
- While in Chippewa County, protect yourself by avoiding crowded indoor spaces and staying two metres apart from other people at all times.
- Once back in Algoma, protect others by staying home as much as possible for 14 days and not having close contact with others, especially vulnerable people who are elderly or have underlying health conditions.
This advisory is in effect for 28 days until Dec. 30 when an update is provided.
APH is also reminding all Algoma residents to keep following current advice from the Chief Medical Officer of Health for Ontario:
- Avoid non-essential travel to other regions in the province, especially from higher transmission areas to lower transmission areas.
- Cut down the number of non-essential trips outside of home. Non-essential trips are those for reasons other than work, school, grocery shopping, medical appointments, and outdoor healthy physical activity.
- Do not have close contact with others outside the immediate household of people you live with. When socializing with non-household friends and relatives, stay two metres apart at all times – the further apart, the lower the risk.
Chippewa County, Michigan, currently has over 200 active cases of COVID-19.
