The phone-in comes the day after the N.W.T. announced it will launch a voluntary vaccine passport program on Oct. 22, and allow schools to reopen on Oct. 25, if the recent downward trend in the number of COVID-19 cases in the territory continues, as it is expected to.
As the Northwest Territories deals with its worst COVID-19 outbreak since the start of the pandemic, Premier Caroline Cochrane says more help from federal government on the way with oxygen supplies.
Dr. Kami Kandola, the N.W.T.'s chief public health officer, said she will extend the gathering restrictions in Yellowknife, Dettah and Ndilǫ and keep schools closed until Oct. 17.