By Cheryl Jahn

Stricter Access

Stricter rules for Northern Health

Mar 23, 2020 | 3:39 PM

PRINCE GEORGE – Northern Health has amended its visitation rules to make them even stricter.

To support the Provincial Health Office’s directions around social distancing and protect residents, patients and staff from the transmission of COVID-19, Northern Health has made the difficult decision to allow only essential visits to our facilities.

Essential visits will be considered for patients who are:

*critically ill,

*receiving end-of-life care and

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*the frail and need an escort or family member for their safety.

Eligible essential visitors must pass important screening criteria. They cannot have a cough, runny nose, fever, sore throat or shortness of breath, and they cannot have travelled outside of Canada in the last 14 days.