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Advice for conducting funerals/ wakes/ memorials during the pandemic from SN elected council and the Confederacy. Please follow guidelines to stay safe.

Six Nations COVID-19 Update As At October 19, 2020

For Immediate Release: October 20, 2020 Elected Council Pass Motions to Increase COVID-19 Safety Measures in Second Wave Fight The Emergency Control Group (ECG)... advised several recommendations to Elected Council (EC) which called for a special closed meeting this past Thursday evening where those recommendations were passed as motions. The first motion involves the Federal Schools remaining closed to students but will be open to School staff until January 2021, and that this situation be re-assessed in December 2020 and a further decision made. The second motion moved that face coverings be made mandatory within all indoor public spaces and ride services with the exception of children under the age of 2, a person with a medical condition or other disability that inhibits their ability to wear face coverings, a person who is unable to put on or remove their face covering without assistance, employees behind a physical barrier, and where in conflict with any college or professional guidelines. This also includes EC department buildings requiring coverings be worn to enter buildings, and to wear them indoors in office settings when physical distancing cannot be maintained. Face shields or mouth shields are not acceptable face coverings when used on their own. The third motion passed calls for unmonitored indoor and outdoor gathering sizes reduced to household members only. The final motion passed by EC strongly discourages home to home Trick or Treating. In lieu of this motion, EC approved the organization and planning of a COVID safe Community Halloween Drive-thru event scheduled for October 30th, 2020 from 4:00PM to 7:00PM. These recommendations from ECG came forward as efforts to slow the spread due to the rise in cases and alarming community transmission rate. The above four motions passed are now in full effect within Six Nations of the Grand River Territory. -30- Media Contact Six Nations of the Grand River Communications Officer [email protected] | 519-445-2205 extension 3238 1695 Chiefswood Road, P.O. Box 5000, Ohsweken Ontario N0A1M0

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