Category Archives: COVID-19 Announcements
Bois Forte Public Health COVID-19 Case Announcement 1/20/22
Boozhoo All We had 6 new cases and currently have 37 active cases as of 1/19/22 on the Bois Forte Reservation. Please wear a mask with all contacts outside your household. Be especially cautious at work. We currently have quite a few staff out. Please get tested if you have ANY of the following symptoms: …
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Boozhoo All, We had 7 new cases and 37 total active cases as of 1/18/22 in the Bois Forte Community. What you can do to slow the spread: Please wear a mask with all contacts outside of your household. Please get vaccinated or boosted: Starting January 18, 2022, if you have contact with…
Read moreBois Forte Public Health COVID-19 Case Announcement 1/16/22
Boozhoo All, Between Friday, January 14 and Saturday, January 15 we had 12 new cases. As of Sunday, January 16 we had 45 active cases. In the last 2 weeks we’ve had 51 positive cases in the Bois Forte Community. This is by far our biggest jump during the entire pandemic. Our previous high was…
Read moreBois Forte Public Health COVID-19 Case Announcement 1/14/22
Boozhoo All! We had 4 positive cases and 39 active cases in the Bois Forte Community on 1/13/22. I expect several positives today also. Please get tested if you have any new symptoms, even 1, such as runny nose, scratchy/sore throat, nasal congestion, cough, headache, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea or fatigue/body aches. Please wear your mask,…
Read moreBois Forte Public Health COVID-19 Case Announcement 1/13/22
Boozhoo All, We had 8 new cases and a total of 35 active cases on the Reservation as of January 12, 2022. Cases continue to rise. Please get tested if you have ANY symptoms- we want to stop the spread early. You are the most contagious 2 days BEFORE yours symptoms started until up…
Read moreBois Forte Public Health COVID-19 Case Announcement 1/12/22
Boozhoo All, 4 New cases and a total of 27 active cases as of yesterday. The cases are coming in today. Please: Get tested if you have any symptoms. We’re seeing a runny nose, scratchy throat and congestion right away. Along with a cough, fever, chest congestion and body aches to follow in some people. …
Read moreBois Forte Public Health COVID-19 Case Announcement 1/11/22
Boozhoo, We had 12 cases case’s yesterday. 9 in Nett and 3 in Vermilion. We currently have 23 active cases on the Reservation. This is a HUGE jump. We had 13 case in the entire month of December. Omicron is obviously here, we can not test for it, but we can see by the jump…
Read moreBois Forte Public Health COVID-19 Case Announcement 1/10/22
Case numbers for Friday, January 7, 2022. 3 additional cases and 11 active cases. We are seeing cases increase in our community. Please limit social contact outside of your immediate family/household. We are seeing a pretty high transmission rate right now, even in vaccinated people who haven’t received their booster. If you have not received…
Read moreBois Forte Public Health COVID-19 Case Announcement 1/7/22
Boozhoo All, We had FIVE new cases on 1/6/22. We currently have 9 active cases, all in Nett Lake. **REMINDER** If it’s been awhile since you had your last COVID vaccine Please check out the attached flyer for when you should come in and get a booster. 5 months for Pfizer 6 months for Moderna…
Read moreBois Forte Public Health COVID-19 Case Announcement 1/6/22
Bois Forte Public Health COVID-19 Case Announcement 1/6/22 Boozhoo! This is a combined announcement from December 27 – January 5. We’re definitely seeing an uptick in cases since the holidays. We’ve had 5 cases during this time. I know most of you have seen the CDC changes come out, Minnesota Dept of Health (MDH) has…
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