Lynn Lake imposes curfew amidst COVID-19 surge
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Residents of a small northwestern Manitoba town have been under curfew since Friday as the community battles to curb a spike in COVID-19 cases.
Winnipeg Free Press
Residents of a small northwestern Manitoba town have been under curfew since Friday as the community battles to curb a spike in COVID-19 cases.
Virus cases began to rise steeply last week in Lynn Lake, about 815 km northwest of Winnipeg with a few dozen last Wednesday spreading to 132 active cases Saturday, according to a community bulletin.
The fastest growth in overall cases has been found in the Lynn Lake/Marcel Colomb/Leaf Rapids/O-Pipon-Na-Piwin/Granville Lake district, where a whopping 57 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in provincial data Jan. 14, bringing the region up to 144 active cases. Help may soon be on the way for the remote community, about 240 kilometres almost due north of Flin Flon. The Town of Lynn Lake announced Jan. 13 that members of Manitoba Task Force Four, a provincial emergency response team from the Manitoba Office of the Fire Commissioner, would be arriving in town later this week. The crew will be tasked with providing support to local and regional health workers, providing emergency medical care if neede and to help with planning and logistics.