With more than 118-thousand cases reported worldwide, the World Health Organization is now calling the novel coronavirus a pandemic.
City manager Wendell Graves told members of council on Monday the team has already met with Dr. Joyce Lock, medical officer of health with Southwestern Public Health to strategize on COVID-19.
Graves says particular attention is focussed on Valleyview Home because of the vulnerability of residents.
He stresses the management team at city hall are not the public health experts and so the city will rely on information passed along from the health unit as it relates to the population at large in St. Thomas. He added city hall employees are being encouraged to follow that same advice when it comes to travel plans, both for business or pleasure.
