Recent dramatic increases of COVID-19 cases in our region at industrial work camps such as the BruceJack Mine site need your immediate attention. According to the March 9 edition of the Terrace Standard: There is now a single case in isolation and one person has died in association with the COVID-19 outbreak at Pretivm Resources’ Brucejack Mine, according to a
Northern Health information bulletin. In total, there have been 51 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in connection with the outbreak. The outbreak was first declared on Feb. 11. Both the health authority and Pretivm Resources had been monitoring a cluster of cases since early February and implementing measures to control transmission at the mine, which hosts around 500 employees at a time and is located north of Stewart.