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Dale Boyd
Osoyoos Times
South Okanagan-West Kootenay MP Richard Cannings is taking the advice of health officials and is working from his Ottawa apartment in self-isolation out of an “abundance of caution,” he said in an email statement Thursday.
“I’ve taken these precautions out of an abundance of caution after attending a large mining convention in Toronto on March 1. There were over 25,000 people at that conference, and I learned on March 11 that one of those attendees had tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. I was tested that same day and will stay in self-isolation until I get the test results back and am cleared by health officials.”
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Cannings is among a group of MPs and ministers including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that are taking similar precautions including self-isolation after attending the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada convention.
Members of the public that have specific questions around COVID-19 are encouraged to consult the BC Centre for Disease Control.
