Members of the Penticton Indian Band and Okanagan Indian Band may have been exposed to COVID-19 according to Interior Health.
The Penticton Indian Band (PIB) posted a notice on April 27, informing members that there had been a positive COVID-19 case in their community.
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The Okanagan Indian Band posted a letter to its Facebook page from Interior Health advising of a COVID-19 exposure at a funeral held at the PIB on April 22.
“Due to the potential exposure, the Medical Health Officer has recommended all participants on these days must closely self-monitor for symptoms until May 6, 2021,” reads the letter.
The letter does not call for people to stay home and self-isolate unless they are showing symptoms.
The PIB had previously reported a potential COVID-19 exposure in January 2021, during which they had closed the band offices.
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In the notice, the PIB encouraged anyone who felt concerned or who developed symptoms to get tested for COVID-19 and to write down contact information for anyone they had been in contact with.
The notice also states that the same also applies to those who have been vaccinated.
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