NWT, Nunavut Close Borders as Vulnerable North Tries to Keep out Pandemic

NWT, Nunavut Close Borders as Vulnerable North Tries to Keep out Pandemic
The control tower at Yellowknife Airport Aug. 21, 2001.The Canadian Press/Chuck Stoody
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With relatively small populations dispersed in tiny communities spread across three million square kilometres of hinterland, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut have closed their borders to all non-residents in an effort to prevent COVID-19 from proliferating.

Because of limited health care access, the North is considered to be one of Canada’s most at-risk regions for an outbreak of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, commonly known as the novel coronavirus.