The chief medical officer for Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) says the next two weeks will be critical to flattening the curve of COVID-19 cases in First Nations, which has seen a steady, near daily rise. Dr. Tom Wong said outbreaks related to work sites have been behind recent increases in COVID-19 cases on-reserve. One week prior, there were a total of 81 COVID-19 cases on-reserve, according to ISC data, with just one case reported in Alberta. The Cargill plant is the location of Canada's largest outbreak tied to a single site, with 1,167 cases, representing nearly 25 per cent of Alberta's total COVID-19 cases. "Over the next two weeks, that is the watershed moment that we want the curve to be coming down."

Source: CBC News April 30, 2020 23:48 UTC