Brooks upping enforcement, mayor not anticipating hospital overcapacity as cases reach 115

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For migrant workers and new immigrants who may not understand the language, the mayor said the city’s team is rolling out a plan to ensure everyone understands physical distancing and how to self-isolate.

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“We are working on several strategies. They do have their language line. They are also talking about improving the contact education and by that I mean direct contact with people either going through assessment and self isolation, having more direct contact and involving our immigration agency and their pool of volunteers that speak multiple languages,” the mayor said.

When asked if the community should be concerned about possible over capacity at the Brooks Health Centre, the mayor said he does not think it will become an issue, noting that space is still projected to be available when the province reaches it’s peak in cases in the next few weeks.

“We don’t anticipate that to happen [overcapacity], even with the growth primarily for two reasons, one is the population that is affected certainly doesn’t appear to be the most susceptible to becoming seriously ill, however we know that they have enough capacity that is required if we hit the expected,” Morishita said adding hie is confident that the hospital is well equipped with the tools and personnel to handle the pandemic.

Contingency plans that also include additional space are in place by Alberta Health Services, should over capacity become an issue in the future according to the mayor.

Finally, Morishita reiterated a familiar but clear message to the community to do their part to stop the spread.

“People have to individually take responsibility and remember they are protecting themselves and their loved ones, it is so imperative that it happens, and we want to avoid a tragedy like a death from somebody getting infected and the only way we are going to do that is if we are mindful of what we are doing.”