Dr. Penny Sutcliffe, chief medical officer of health Public Health Sudbury & Districts. (Supplied)
By the numbers alone, Greater Sudbury would be in the Red Zone right now, having had 85 new cases of COVID-19 reported in the service area in the past seven days, with 32 of these cases reported in one day alone.
Furthermore, Public Health Sudbury and Districts is advising that 28 COVID-19 cases have either screened positive or been confirmed for the more transmissible virus mutations, called variants of concern (VOC).
“It’s an assessment on a weekly basis by the provincial medical officer of health that then makes recommendations to the provincial cabinet,” said Dr. Penny Sutcliffe, medical officer of health with Public Health Sudbury and Districts, during a virtual press conference Tuesday afternoon.
The Member of Parliament for Thunder Bay-Rainy River says he wants the province to empower medical officers of health to confine people who fail to self-isolate when ordered to because of COVID-19 symptoms or exposure.
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