Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced $130 million in funding for northern communities Tuesday, with 72.6 million earmarked for healthcare systems in Yukon, Nunavut and the Northwest Territories.
The federal government says that asymptomatic travellers returning to Canada will now have to self-isolate in a hotel room for 14 days upon arrival if they do not have a 'credible' quarantine plan.
The new measure goes into effect at midnight.
Trudeau also announced that 1.1 million new N95 masks will be distributed to provinces and territories in the coming days, with shipments of gloves and gowns to follow.
In provincial news, Ontario reported 43 deaths and 483 new cases of COVID-19 Tuesday morning, marking the highest single-day death toll in the province.
Locally, a Sault Ste. Marie couple has launched a GoFundMe page in order to buy gift cards from local businesses and distribute them to the city's healthcare workers.
Mayor Christian Provenzano will be fielding your questions about COVID-19 Wednesday via video interview with SooToday.
If you have a question you think the mayor can answer, send it to [email protected] and we'll pick around 10 to pose to Provenzano.
Here are the latest COVID-19 numbers from Algoma Public Health:
- 918 tested
- 10 positive
- 793 negative
- 115 pending
People have tested positive for COVID-19 in the following regions:
- Sault Ste. Marie and area
- Central and east Algoma
- Elliot Lake and area
And finally, here's a reader-submitted photo gallery of the creative things Saultites are up to while adhering to physical distancing, and some stop-motion magic produced in quarantine.
