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If you think you're sick
Do not go to the hospital or health centre. Phone 811.
Testing in Yukon
Confirmed cases: 15
Recovered: 15
Negative tests: 2,298
Pending results: 34
Total tested: 2,249
Emergency status
A state of emergency was declared on March 27, 2020. It was extended for another 90 days on June 12, 2020.
Health care
- From August 12 to August 18, 139 people went to the Respiratory Assessment Centre in Whitehorse and we tested 134 people.
- Residents of Yukon’s five long-term care homes can now receive two designated visitors indoors: https://yukon.ca/en/news/august-19-2020-covid-19-update
- Going forward, new cases of COVID-19 will be identified through news releases and on Yukon.ca.
- A reminder that staying home when sick has never been more important.
- The Council of Yukon First Nations (CYFN) and the Government of Yukon have developed a campaign that addresses some of the indirect consequences to children and families of the COVID-19 pandemic: https://yukon.ca/en/news/joint-initiative-reaches-out-families-and-child...
- To help Yukoners at risk during this pandemic, vulnerable populations can now access mental health and social supports online.
Travel and borders
- Canada and the U.S. have extended border closures to non-essential travel until September 21.
- Stricter rules and additional entry conditions will be imposed on travellers transiting through Canada to Alaska: https://www.canada.ca/en/border-services-agency/news/2020/07/covid-19-st...
- Residents of BC, Nunavut, NWT and Yukon are allowed to travel back and forth without the need to self-isolate for 14 days,
- Individuals entering Yukon’s airports must wear a mask and the Government of Canada will now require temperature screenings for all passengers.
Businesses and financial relief
- The support program to help Yukoners pay rent has been extended: https://yukon.ca/en/news/support-program-help-yukoners-pay-rent-extended
- Residential tenants who are under a health protection measure after June 25 or who need to breach their tenancy agreement because they are under a COVID-19 health protection order are protected from eviction.
Enforcement and other guidelines
- Yukon’s Chief Medical Officer of Health is recommending to the Department of Education that children age 10 and older wear non-medical masks where physical distancing cannot be maintained.
- Each school in Yukon is required to have an operational plan that outlines how the school will meet the health and safety guidelines: https://yukon.ca/en/bus-covid-19
- To support the government’s COVID-19 response, Staff from visitor information centres have been reassigned to work out of information stations at Yukon’s land and air borders where they will provide visitors with COVID-19 resources and information https://yukon.ca/en/news/august-5-2020-covid-19-update
- People in Yukon with out-of-territory plates can pick up a set of visitor decals at designated pickup points in Whitehorse and nine communities: https://yukon.ca/en/news/august-5-2020-covid-19-update
- If you have a question about enforcement or want to report a CEMA violation, email covid19enforcement@gov.yk.ca or phone 1-877-374-0425.
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