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Nearly 10,000 people have received a COVID-19 shot in Yukon, but Dr. Hanley says restrictions could remain, even after everyone is immunized
BY , Feb 5, 2021 1:15 AM - REPORT AN ERROR
Yukon's chief medical officer of health says vaccination is going well and nearly 10,000 people have received a COVID-19 shot.(Photo - Government of Yukon/Twitter)
Yukon's chief medical officer of health says vaccination is going well and nearly 10,000 people have received a COVID-19 shot.
But Dr. Brendan Hanley says restrictions could remain, even after everyone is immunized.
Dr. Hanley made the comment during the regular COVID briefing today in Whitehorse.
He says Yukon's initial four-phase response plan predicted public health orders might be scaled back once most people were vaccinated, but he says a surge in COVID-19 variants, plus a growing number of cases in northern BC mean Yukon must stay vigilant.
Hanley says even though Yukon currently has no active COVID cases and nearly one-quarter of residents have been immunized, conditions can only return to normal when there is "a certain amount of normality" in the rest of Canada and the world.
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