County, Kincardine premature in declaring state of emergency, says councillor

To the Editor:

Bruce County and the Municipality of Kincardine were premature in declaring a state of emergency in response to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.

The Grey-Bruce Health Unit was not recommending this declaration at that particular time.

The message of 14-day self-isolation, social-distancing and washing hands, is very important and needs to be promoted multiple times through various media sources.

Our current situation in Bruce County is being well-managed by our health-care providers, along with support from our provincial and federal governments.

We needed to wait to declare and not add more fear into our community.

Bill Stewart
Councillor
Municipality of Kincardine