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Health officials still urging people not to live in their cottages

The medical officer of health for Huron and Perth counties is urging people to stay home and avoid going to their cottages.

Dr. Miriam Klassen said as the warmer weather approaches, people are more tempted to travel to their cottages. But she said rural communities don't usually have the health care services that are available in cities and many local essential businesses have longer waits to restock groceries and other supplies needed for permanent residents.

"Our rural communities have more limited health care services than the cities and local essential businesses may have longer waits to re-stock groceries and other supplies needed for the permanent residents," said Klassen. "We also want to keep discouraging community spread, which means limiting the amount of travel between different centres."

Klassen said the recent drop in the number of new COVID-19 positive tests is encouraging but suggested the trend has to go on a little longer before restrictions can be relaxed. She added the incubation period is two weeks and infections being diagnosed on any given day could have been acquired two weeks earlier.

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