{"id":16168,"date":"2021-02-11T08:33:52","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T13:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/?p=16168"},"modified":"2021-02-15T08:41:08","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T13:41:08","slug":"ontario-health-coalition-pumps-brakes-on-northern-bubble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/ontario-health-coalition-pumps-brakes-on-northern-bubble\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario Health Coalition pumps brakes on northern bubble"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(February 10, 2021)<\/p>\n<p>By: Christian D&#8217;Avino, CTV News<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-right: 150px;\"><iframe style=\"display: block; height: 315px; width: 560px; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/webapps.9c9media.com\/vidi-player\/1.9.17\/share\/iframe.html?currentId=2137148&amp;config=ctvnews\/share.json&amp;kruxId=&amp;rsid=bellmedianewsprod,bellmediaglobalprod&amp;siteName=CTVNews&amp;cid=%5B%7B%22contentId%22%3A2137148%2C%22ad%22%3A%7B%22adsite%22%3A%22ctv.ctvnews%22%2C%22adzone%22%3A%22embed%22%7D%7D%5D\" width=\"100%\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span>\ufeff<\/span><strong><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span>Analysis<\/strong><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>SAULT STE. MARIE &#8212; With growing discussion on implementing a travel bubble in northern Ontario, the province&#8217;s health coalition said not so fast.<\/p>\n<p>The Ontario Health Coalition held a press conference Feb. 8, in which its northern members weighed in on the possibility of the north closing itself off from southern Ontario residents, where positive COVID-19 cases are significantly higher.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s a difficult situation to police, there&#8217;s some major highways going into the north,&#8221; said Jules Tupker, the co-chair of the Thunder Bay health coalition. &#8220;We think that we&#8217;re better off just basically avoiding the bubble at this point.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the Ford government announced its plan to begin reopening segments of the province&#8217;s economy, with three health units transitioning to the least-restrictive green stage of Ontario&#8217;s colour-coded framework on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The rest of the province is expected to move to the restrictions system next week, with the exception of three hot spots in the GTA.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The decision to do this at this time is a confusing one,&#8221; said <a href=\"https:\/\/webapps.9c9media.com\/vidi-player\/1.9.17\/share\/iframe.html?currentId=2137148&amp;config=ctvnews\/share.json&amp;kruxId=&amp;rsid=bellmedianewsprod,bellmediaglobalprod&amp;siteName=CTVNews&amp;cid=%5B%7B%22contentId%22%3A2137148%2C%22ad%22%3A%7B%22adsite%22%3A%22ctv.ctvnews%22%2C%22adzone%22%3A%22embed%22%7D%7D%5D\">Natalie Mehra<\/a>, executive director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/webapps.9c9media.com\/vidi-player\/1.9.17\/share\/iframe.html?currentId=2137148&amp;config=ctvnews\/share.json&amp;kruxId=&amp;rsid=bellmedianewsprod,bellmediaglobalprod&amp;siteName=CTVNews&amp;cid=%5B%7B%22contentId%22%3A2137148%2C%22ad%22%3A%7B%22adsite%22%3A%22ctv.ctvnews%22%2C%22adzone%22%3A%22embed%22%7D%7D%5D\">Ontario Health Coalition<\/a>. &#8220;Just because the provincial government has announced the reopening of the province, does not mean that the public should begin to travel freely and potentially spread.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mehra points to the rise in the new and stronger U.K. variant of COVID-19 in the province, which has even made its way into smaller northern communities.<\/p>\n<p>Health Units in Sudbury, North Bay and Timmins have also confirmed the variant in recent positive tests.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There would need to be a very clear message about stopping inter-regional travel in the March break,&#8221; Mehra said. &#8220;We think at this time, that stronger messaging is most needed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The group said a report published by the British Medical Association Journal stated the new variant is 40 to 70 per cent more infectious and could even lead to a third lockdown if the province doesn&#8217;t act quick enough.<\/p>\n<p>It comes as shipments of vaccines continue to be delayed into the country.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s certainly been enough time where I&#8217;m hopeful they have a proper plan for these vaccines,&#8221; said Marie DellaVedova of the Algoma Health Coalition. &#8220;Hopefully the ministry of health has been working on that, in conjunction with all the different public health units, because we do need a coordinated plan that can be rolled out right away.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Despite not believing in a northern bubble, the group is calling for more enforcement and tighter restrictions as Ontario faces this new strain.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/northernontario.ctvnews.ca\/ontario-health-coalition-pumps-brakes-on-northern-bubble-1.5304145\">Click here for original article<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(February 10, 2021) By: Christian D&#8217;Avino, CTV News \ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeffAnalysis SAULT STE. 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