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Your kit comes with enough components for five tests, including five test cartridges, five sterile swabs that look like a Q-Tip, five tubes and caps and five buffer bottles with Before your start, make sure everything is at room temperature and your testing area is free from Wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water before you begin. Get your child to wash their hands too and have them gently […]

Tansi Parents/Caregivers: With the decline in COVID-19 cases within our community and in consultation with Health, Board of Education, Chief and Council our schools will be reopening on February 7, 2022 for in-school learning. Last year in preparation for the new school year the province had released a Guide for Parents, Caregivers and Students. We will be following those guidelines along with the points below when reopening on February 7. […]

On Monday January 17, 2022; Fisher River Health Services have received confirmation of our first lab confirmed positive of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 in the community. As per testing procedures, any positive COVID-19 tests taken at the Health Centre are sent to the provincial lab for additional sequencing to identify which of the many variants of concern it is. Earlier in the month, First Nation Inuit Health Branch instructed […]

As report in the Manitoba COVID-19 Bulletin #555 – January 17, 2022 (https://news.gov.mb.ca/news/index.html?item=53187&posted=2022-01-17); Manitoba has declared an Outbreak at the Ochekwi-Sipi Personal Care Home (PCH) and has been placed in the Critical level. The PCH has implemented additional precautions before the outbreak in response to the rise in cases in the community such as suspending social visits and leaves for all the residents. Based on the guidelines, an outbreak is […]

Happy New Year everyone! In light of recent community COVID-19 cases and in consultation with Chief & Council, Health Services and the School Board a decision to delay the start of physical in class learning until the end of the month (January 31, 2022) has been made. While the 2022 school year is not off to the start that we were hoping for, we are still excited to get the […]

With recommendation from Health Services and the First Nations Pandemic Response Coordination Team, Fisher River Cree Nation will be maintaining the 10 Day Isolation requirements regardless of the Province of Manitoba changing to 5 days to ensure the safety of the community. Letter to Manitoba First Nations from the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs: A recent communique from the Province has alerted Manitobans that they need only isolate for a total […]

Due to the rise in COVID-19 cases in the community, the re-opening of Fisher River High School and Charles Sinclair School will be delayed to January 10. Staff may return on January 5 as scheduled. FRHS and CSS Administration will inform if this changes.