Cobourg, ON (March 13, 2020) – The Town of Cobourg would like to inform residents of the numerous precautions its taking to prevent against COVID-19 (formerly called novel coronavirus or 2019-nCoV) within the corporation itself and its many highly visited facilities including now the postponement of all events, programs, meetings and large gatherings held in municipally-owned buildings in an effort to encourage social distancing.
On Wednesday, the World Health Organization declared the spread of COVID-19 a pandemic, an infectious disease that spreads quickly around the world.
Yesterday, based on advice from Dr. David Williams, Ontario's Chief Medical Officer of Health and the experts at the COVID-19 Command Table, the Minister of Education has issued a Ministerial Order to close all publicly funded schools in Ontario for two weeks following March break, in response to the emergence in Ontario of COVID-19. This order was approved by the Lieutenant Governor in Council.
Today, as March Break approaches the Town of Cobourg is now taking decisive action to ensure the well-being of our citizens is our top priority. Given the latest developments, we are taking the following further action:
We know that citizens may be experiencing heightened levels of worry associated with COVID-19 and it is important to reiterate that Public Health continues to assure us that the risk of becoming ill from COVID-19 in Ontario currently remains low.
We thank you for your patience and understanding and would like you to be reassured that we will continue to work to keep our staff and the public safe and healthy.
Stay Informed
Citizens are encouraged to visit the HKPR District Health Unit’s website www.hkpr.on.ca for the most up-to-date information on COVID-19. In addition to the daily updates to the website, Dr. Lynn Noseworthy, Medical Officer of Health for the HKPR District Health Unit., will continue to provide updates on COVID-19 through their website.
More Information
The Town of Cobourg has launched a website in regards to COVID-19 municipal communications. Updates will be posted to www.cobourg.ca/covid19 as they come in.
Reduce Your Risk
The HKPR District Health Unit recommends the following to reduce the spread of germs including the flu and COVID-19:
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