Tuesday, March 17, 2020

City of Prince Rupert Closes all "Public Facing Facilities" as of end of business day today



The City of Prince Rupert has taken another step in their COVID-19 response program, announcing today that all public-facing facilities will close as of 4:30 today.

Included on the closure list are  City Hall, the Fire Department Customer Service area, Recreation Facilities, and our Public Works yard.

The City further advises that those who need to contact City staff  should call (250) 627 0960 to arrange an appointment with staff, if required. Though they should note that availability for in-person meetings may be limited.

The advisory also reassures the public that Emergency services, including fire and police are not affected by this closure.

One facility that has already closed is the Prince Rupert Library, which issued this advisory to the public.

The full advisory can be reviewed from the City's website and Facebook page.

The City has also created a COVID-19 Archive page which you can review here.

The BC Centre for Disease control has some valuable Coronavirus notes related to COVID-19 you can explore that information here.

You can learn more about the outbreak from both the Province and the Federal government from the links below:

Federal Government site

British Columbia Government site

The World Health Organization website also offers up the latest advisories on the global situation.

More from  Northern Health can be reviewed here 

You can review our archive of past statements and local information here.

Local governments and organizations have also provided for increased awareness of COVID-19 issues, the string of statements that came quickly at the end of the week can be reviewed here.

For notes from across Canada and British Columbia we have been archiving the latest items through our political portal Darcy McGee

Ottawa Observations

Victoria Viewpoints

For items of interest from Northern Health see our archive page here.

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