Lac Des Iles Workers Leaving Site to Self-Isolate Elsewhere
THUNDER BAY, ON – Lac des Iles workers who were ordered to quarantine after an employee tested positive for COVID-19 have now been told they can leave their workplace and self-quarantine at home.
The Lac Des Iles mine was ordered into quarantine by the Thunder Bay District Health Unit earlier last week when the original plan was that all workers would be kept on-site until April 18, 2020 (14 days since the original case was diagnofsed
The majority of workers began leaving yesterday morning (April 13, 2020) as Impala Canada, which owns the mine, said it had developed a safe and orderly site departure plan for employees in collaboration with the Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU).
Workers were being directed to self-quarantine at home or at a Thunder Bay, hotel until April 27th (see image at top) a significant change from the original quarantine order that TBDHU had made in which the employees were to remain quarantined on-site. Impala Canada had shared via it’s Facebook page information regarding what workers exiting yesterday could expect on their way out, including that they wouldn’t be:
As of Sunday night Impala Canada and TBDHU were sharing that there were 5 new cases of COVID-19 connected to LDI; 2 self-isolating on-site, and 3 self-isolating off-site and that testing of 2 additional symptomatic individuals in the isolation bunk-house was underway.
As of April 13, the mine is in care and maintenance mode. Impala Canada has said in a statement that plans to reopen will be communicated “in due course” without providing a target date for reopening the mine.
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