well hello everyone and welcome to
another of our covid-19
community updates here at the city of
brandon today
once again we'll have myself and our
emergency manager mr
brian kayes and again for context we're
recording this
on monday august 31st at 4 pm
so sadly we continue to see new cases in
prairie mountain health
and in brandon in particular on a steady
basis
the average over the last seven days in
brandon is 11 new cases per day
most are still linked to known contacts
or clusters
but they do indicate that some are not
explainable
meaning a possibility of some
community transmission
even more concerning is that a few cases
are recently
linked to three of brandon's personal
care homes
and to one of the floors at
assiniboine center
at the hospital so those are certainly
concerning situations once again they
declare that the risk is is low but
they're taking
the most strict precautions and
certainly our thoughts are with all of
those people that are associated with
those
facilities and the limitation that may
put on
visitations and the like so for all of
us
we still have some work to do I believe
our community's response for the most
part
has been superb however giving these
ongoing cases I don't want our citizens
to get frustrated and give up on all of
the personal
efforts we are all making naturally
we all have the human tendency to want
to see
some rewards for our efforts and
inconvenience
with covid that may take some time
we have no choice but to stay the course
and bear down and keep practicing
all the fundamentals physical distancing
hand sanitizing mask wearing everywhere
we go
I don't like it any more than any of you
do and believe me
as mayor of this fabulous city i
certainly don't like seeing our
community
having to endure these spikes in covid
cases
but that said I view it that cases
or no cases these new safety procedures
we all must follow
I expect will be with us for quite some
time
perhaps until most of us are vaccinated
which will be many many
months ahead so I look at it
no point in whining about it I accept
the hand sanitizing
the physical distancing and mask wearing
as just part of my daily routine
and I just go about my business
otherwise largely
unchanged if we all do this
we all stick to the precautions we'll
keep ourselves
our family and friends and our community
safe and healthy
keep in mind september long weekend is
this coming weekend
while we all want to gather for the last
summer long weekend
now is the time to avoid gatherings
keep your bubbles small and focus on the
fundamentals
if we do that we'll all be making our
personal
contribution to flattening this curve
in our region and in our city so now
I'll turn it over to Mr Brian Kayes
for some updates from his desk
thank you your worship roller coaster
ride
groundhog day a dripping water faucet
a merry-go-round your sister's
endless storytelling wash your hands
practice physical distancing wear a mask
stay home if you're ill is there
any other way to describe what we're
going through
brandon and westman it's time for some
of us to get with the program
stand up and take responsibility for
your
community we already know that some of
us won't take responsibility for
ourselves
you're sick stay home self-isolate
stay away from everyone else no matter
how
sad and lonely you feel get over it
if you're sick stay home we don't want
to see you
no matter how popular you think you are
when you're sick it's time for time out
so let's say you've had an interaction
with public health
the way things stand now everyone
who has been notified verbally or in
writing by a public health official
that they have tested positive for covid-19
or if they meaning you
reasonably believe that you have been
exposed to covid-19
here is what the law says you must do
immediately go to your residence
or a location approved by public health
for self-isolation
do not stop at the store for supplies
do not stop and give grandma one last
hug
go home stay put for 14 days
unless public health tells you otherwise
now the public health orders give you
permission to attend medical
appointments
if they can't be postponed or held
remotely
and you can seek urgent medical help if
needed
but if you do leave under any one of
these conditions
wear a mask physically distance make it
quick
and then go home go straight home
go straight home go
straight home now if you still want to
be a bad boy
know that the fines in the form of a
ticket
are $486 for individuals
including sole proprietorships and
partnerships
for corporations that are so inclined
the fines are $2542
$2452
as you likely know we've had a dramatic
increase in cases in southern manitoba
this has led public health to
re-implement
travel restrictions to northern manitoba
and remote communities
effective thursday september third
in addition to these restrictions all
manitobans are asked
to respect any restrictions that First
Nation communities
have in place
so to review the increased incidence
of people playing free and easy with the
covid-19 rules of behavior
has led shared health to issuing special
orders for the prairie mountain health
region that have driven things
up to code orange a restricted level
of the covid-19 requirements
the restrictions include any time you
are out in the public
you must keep your group size to 10 or
less
inside or outside the maximum number in
each gathering on public property of any
description
can be no more than 10 people
the exception is that this does not
include
activities that already have measures in
place to control exposure to covid-19.
so an impromptu game of softball played
in a public park
can have no more than 10 participants
but a softball game organized as part of
a league
can fill the roster on both teams
spectators must be in groups of 10 or
less
and every spectator must practice
physical distancing
and wear a mask the second restriction
is that the wearing of masks has been
made mandatory for everyone in public
buildings
and for everyone at public events or
gatherings
as the great poet t.s. eliot might have
said
the wearing of masks is a difficult
matter
it isn't just one of your holiday games
you think at first I'm as mad as a
hatter when I tell you
masks must cover three different things
so my only hope here is that it helps
cat lovers
remember that their mask must cover
their nose
their mouth and their chin my apologies
so to wear a mask properly and with the
least amount of difficulty
you must first wash your hands and then
select
a clean mask and put it on it must cover
your nose your mouth
and your chin if you must adjust it
and touch it again wash your hands
before
and after each adjustment do not share
your mask
do not pull it down so that we can see
your nose
do not let it hang from one ear wear
your mask so that it covers your nose
your mouth
and your chin keep it clean
wash it after wearing it dry it and
store it
safely for the next time it is intended
to cover your nose your mouth
and your chin if it's disposable
place it in a garbage bag
so fundamentally speaking frequently
wash your hands by rubbing
and scrubbing for at least 20 seconds
dry your hands on a clean towel keep
your hands clean
keep your hands to yourself you can't
imagine
how many times a day people touch their
face
in a year keep your hands in your
pockets
and you'll keep your face clean cover up
when you cough or sneeze
be polite and do it into a tissue or the
crook of your arm
if you are sick do I have to repeat this
go home and stay home if you have
any one of the 20 covid-19 symptoms use
the online screening tool
at manitoba.ca/covid19
to see if you should be tested when
you're sick
behave yourself and leave everyone else
alone
practice physical distancing so you can
get
good at it keep a two meter bubble
around you
and don't let anyone break your
bubble want to join a group before you do
wash your hands and put on a mask
it's the law then join the group
and count yourself in if you get to more
than 10
it's time to leave your gatherings can
have no more than 10 people
you included wash and disinfect commonly
touched surfaces
keep everything virus free don't share
your personal items
it's too risky 
wear a mask or face covering
unless you are not medically able to do
so
as of september 1st all visitors to
health care facilities are required to
wear
a non-medical mask in order to be
permitted
onto the site this extends to
outpatients at clinics within hospitals
and health centers throughout the
province
manitobans are strongly encouraged to
wear non-medical masks
when seeking care at any clinic
and finally in everything we do and say
please be kind
I know you've got it in you we've seen
it before
think back to 2011 or 2014 when we had
the great flood threats
this is a community that got behind
those responses
we turned those flood threats into high
water events
we worked together we helped those who
had to evacuate
we worked together to build dikes and
place pumps
we were thinking about our neighbors we
were kind
let's take a step back take a deep
breath brandon westman
for we are prairie folk we
are kind let's be kind
to one another if you're returning from
travel
outside of canada you must quarantine
for 14 days
this is a requirement of the federal
government if you're coming to manitoba
from points in canada east of terrace
bay ontario
use the provincial self-isolation
guidelines which also require 14 days of
isolation
protect your community by using reliable
sources of information
manitoba.ca/covid19
finally do not call 9-1-1 unless it's an
emergency
please work with us do your part
and we will do ours thanks your worship
thank you very much brian always a very
creative way of putting it across as you
said on a previous
broadcast we're not sure how many times
or how many ways we could say
some of this but you do a fabulous job
of coming up with the
creative way no doubt that wasn't your
own sister you were talking about
telling her incessant stories but
i agree with you this does feel like
groundhog day
so we are all facing some inconvenience
and just having to roll up our sleeves
and
and really bear down on this little
virus
others are more inconvenient and put out
than some others
I'm mindful of numerous teams especially
of young people
in brandon and area that
whose season had to come to an end some
were prevented from playing in the
championship purely because they were
from brandon and brandon has an uptick
in cases
it's a factor I find unfair but such as
it is
and my heart goes out to those
teams that had to end their year in
a fashion not in keeping with what we
would all like
that's in baseball and softball and
football and
soccer and likely many others so if you
know
a young person on a team
just praise out to them they certainly
are owed some extra special attention in
a year like this
as for masks it's been very
interesting I was out and about today a
little bit and I don't think I saw
a single individual in any public place
in any store for example not wearing
their mask so that was great to see and
it's also very interesting to see the
creativity that's going on out there
from the people that can sew
today you could see I'm wearing
sporting a brandon university bobcats
mask I understand the wheat kings have
some
on the way and I've set aside my blue
bomber mask for the
time being to promote some local
entities
so ladies and gentlemen a lot of
information out there it's hard to
remember it all but there's a lot of
great links
that you can keep up on you can find
them on
the city of brandon website links to
prairie mountain health
to manitoba health to brandon school
division if you're a little confused on
the back to school operations that are
about to come up so it's all out there
make sure you stay abreast of credible
sources of information
so let's carry on let's be vigilant at
this thing
as brian has reminded us once again let's
be kind
we'll be back on thursday september the
third for another
community update in the meantime please
stay
safe and stay abreast of good
information thank you very much
