Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi said the city will be expanding the number of COVID-19 isolation centres in the city..Nenshi told a Thursday news conference the city will soon take a more active role in getting people into the isolation centres, usually at city hotels..Nenshi noted it is very difficult for COVID-19 sufferers to decide to leave their children behind and enter 14 days of isolation..“If you need a place to isolate, we will find you one,” Nenshi vowed..He said the city will be taking “a more active role” in getting people into isolation, a task currently being done by Alberta Health Services officials..“We will have a better system in the next day or two,” he said..The mayor said that the current rooms set aside for isolation are being underused so far.. POLL: Many Albertans say they will ignore Christmas COVID lockdown .Nenshi urged people desperate for an isolation room to call 811 – a provincial line set up for COVID-19 questions. If not satisfied with answers there, he said people should call the city’s 311 line..In November, Nenshi called on the federal government to do more to help stop the spread of COVID-19 by setting up special isolation areas for patients..“There are things the federal government can do around helping us with sites for multi-generational families,” Nenshi told CTV’s Question Period..Nenshi also praised Trudeau for vowing to help cities with the pandemic’s financial situation..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com.TWITTER: Twitter.com/nobby7694
Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi said the city will be expanding the number of COVID-19 isolation centres in the city..Nenshi told a Thursday news conference the city will soon take a more active role in getting people into the isolation centres, usually at city hotels..Nenshi noted it is very difficult for COVID-19 sufferers to decide to leave their children behind and enter 14 days of isolation..“If you need a place to isolate, we will find you one,” Nenshi vowed..He said the city will be taking “a more active role” in getting people into isolation, a task currently being done by Alberta Health Services officials..“We will have a better system in the next day or two,” he said..The mayor said that the current rooms set aside for isolation are being underused so far.. POLL: Many Albertans say they will ignore Christmas COVID lockdown .Nenshi urged people desperate for an isolation room to call 811 – a provincial line set up for COVID-19 questions. If not satisfied with answers there, he said people should call the city’s 311 line..In November, Nenshi called on the federal government to do more to help stop the spread of COVID-19 by setting up special isolation areas for patients..“There are things the federal government can do around helping us with sites for multi-generational families,” Nenshi told CTV’s Question Period..Nenshi also praised Trudeau for vowing to help cities with the pandemic’s financial situation..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com.TWITTER: Twitter.com/nobby7694
