CANADIAN RANGERS TO HELP WITH MANITOBA FIRST NATION'S COVID-19 OUTBREAK

Dec 06, 2020

By Jeremy Logan

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The Canadian Armed Forces says it will send a team of reservists to a First Nation in Manitoba to help with the community’s COVID-19 response.

The military says in an email that roughly six Canadian Rangers will work alongside other members of the community in Shamattawa to provide humanitarian assistance.

It says that assistance will include distributing food, firewood and care packages, as well as information and transportation.

Shamattawa Chief Eric Redhead posted online Friday that there were 117 active infections in the northern Manitoba community of about 1,100, saying they were “literally at a breaking point.”

Redhead called on the federal government to provide military help, saying health professionals with the rapid response team in Shamattawa have also tested positive or are isolating due to exposure.

The military says the support has been requested for a period of 30 days, and that as the situation develops, it will continue to assess the requirement for support.

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