Effective immediately, our Hospital has moved its Internal Pandemic Responsive Level from Red (Control) to Orange (Restrict). This is a result of rising vaccination numbers in our community, and a sharp decrease in COVID-19 positive cases in our city and across Northwestern Ontario. It’s yet another positive sign that we are trending in the right direction. Please note that moving to Response Level Orange does allow us to reduce restrictions on both learners and volunteers as well as some of our external care partners. We must continue to be cautious with our COVID-19 pandemic response. The safety of patients, staff and the community remains our utmost priority. In the coming weeks, new guidelines from the Province and the Ministry of Health are expected that will allow us to reduce pandemic restrictions even further. Until then, it is imperative that we stay the course together. We appreciate everything you do.

All Hospital COVID-19 updates and resources are available on the iNtranet at https://comms.tbrhsc.net/covid-19-information/.