A COVID-19 assessment centre's officially opened in Wawa.
The Lady Dunn Health Centre says the centre's been established - in collaboration with the Municipality of Wawa - at the Michipicoten Memorial Community Centre, meant to serve people in the hospital's "catchment area", to assess the need for COVID-19 testing and follow-up testing, though by appointment only - by calling the Municipality at 705-856-2244, extension 244 or 246.
It's only open 8:30 am to 4:30 pm weekdays, and will be closed Good Friday and Easter Monday.
The centre's meant for people with symptoms of an upper respiratory tract infection - like cough, sore throat, headache, muscle aches, fatigue, runny nose, or joint aches - or fever, so long as the person's a close contact with a known or probable case, or those at higher risk of transmitting to larger groups of people.
People without symptoms who've travelled outside of Canada in the last fourteen days should instead self-isolate for fourteen days while those with no symptoms who haven't travelled outside of Canada should self-monitor and practice physical distancing.
Chapleau's also using its recreation centre as an assessment centre, though also by appointment only.