Kasabonika Lake has declared a state of emergency over a COVID-19 outbreak in the remote First Nation, which has about 1,060 people living on its reserve located 580 kilometres north of Thunder Bay, Ont.
In a media release issued Sunday, Kasabonika Lake said there were 138 active cases in the community, with more tests pending.
There have been three deaths related to the virus in the last week, and three Elders, one youth and one adult have been airlifted to hospital from the community, which has a vaccination rate of 36 per cent, according to the release.
“Kasabonika Lake has been under
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