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Inuit Concerned About Potential Spread Of COVID-19 In North

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 06 Mar, 2020 08:07 PM

    OTTAWA - The Inuit Circumpolar Council says if the novel coronavirus spreads to the North, communities in Canada, Alaska and Greenland are at a much higher risk of exposure because of a chronic lack of basic infrastructure and resources.

     

    The group says the Inuit must be considered in government responses because of the potential compounding threat to basic health and well-being in those communities.

     

    The ICC says many communities lack sewers and running water, putting people at greater risk of contracting the virus and its accompanying respiratory disease, COVID-19.

     

    They have also called on governments to close those infrastructure gaps to protect against future health threats.

     

    NDP leader Jagmeet Singh wrote a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Friday, urging him to make sure Indigenous and Inuit communities are not disproportionately affected if a widespread outbreak of the virus hits Canada.

     

    The NDP says Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller should be on the new COVID-19 cabinet committee struck earlier this week to provide an all-government approach to combating the virus.

     

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