Effective immediately, our Hospital has moved its Internal Pandemic Responsive Level from Orange (Restrict) to Yellow (Protect). This is a result of the sharp decline in COVID-19 positive cases in Thunder Bay and across Northwestern Ontario, and the rising vaccination numbers in our community.

Please note that moving to Response Level Yellow does allow us to reduce restrictions on both learners and volunteers as well as some of our external partners. In particular, most volunteers will return gradually to all areas of the Hospital, during the next 2-4 weeks.

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/.