New Masking Recommendations

04/09/2021

The Kahnawà:ke COVID-19 Task Force and the Kateri Memorial Hospital Centre would like to remind the community of the importance of new masking recommendations. Despite the high vaccination rate for the community, proper masking adds an additional layer of protection against the transmission of the COVID-19 virus and the variants, to further protect our loved ones and those who are most vulnerable.

It is now recommended that the general public;

• Wear a medical-like masks (3-ply) rather than cloth masks
• Wear a medical-like mask (3-ply) at all outdoor environments when within a 2-meter distance of other people not from your household; and
• Ensure you keep a 2-meter distance from other people when out shopping for groceries, for example

This recommendation is put in place to help minimize the spread of COVID-19 related variants within our community and to help protect our most vulnerable. Working as a community, we can limit the spread of COVID-19.