Sudbury's Health Sciences North is reminding Sudbury residents to regard the pandemic more seriously saying it is important to allow the hospital to try to return things to normal.
"HSN is reminding the public of the need to follow important prevention advice from public health as the virus is still active in the community. Do not become complacent. This is crucial to avoid an increase in cases which will impact our efforts to resume regular operations," said the weekly bulletin from HSN.
The advice includes wearing face masks in all indoor settings and places where social distancing of more than two metres cannot be done. It also advises people to wash their hands often and if they're not feeling well, to just stay at home.
Residents were also advised to reduce interactions with others as much as possible.
"Limiting our contacts and in-person interactions as much as possible is critical in reducing transmission of COVID-19. Close contact is only permitted within ‘social circles’ and among members from the same household. A social circle can only include up to 10 people and must always be with the same people. You can only belong to one social circle. Non-essential in-person gatherings of any size should be limited." said the bulletin.
It also spoke to the fact that more people seem to be travelling outside of the city. The bulletin advised that all residents who are planning to travel should be aware that COVID-19 is still circulating at different levels around the province. The safest options are to stay in the area of your home community or to stay in the region.
The final piece of advice is that COVID-19 can be limited if people take precautions.
"The virus simply cannot spread easily if we limit our travel, stay within our social circles, keep our distance and wear face coverings outside of our circles, wash our hands, and stay home and call for testing when we don’t feel well."
