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More ways to slow #COVID19’s spread: key points from BC today:
❌ Employers are not allowed to require doctors’ notes for missing work. If you feel unwell, stay home & self-isolate.
🛬 If coming home from travelling abroad, you MUST #selfisolate 14 days.
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❌ All casinos are ordered to close.

❌ all gatherings greater than 50 are canceled

🛑 long term care facilities are being restricted to essential visitors only.

💊 Pharmacies have been directed to refill prescriptions without a physician’s note.
#Covid19
🏫 Talks w education providers today on next steps. There will be an announcement on schools tomorrow.
🏨 hospitals will postpone all non-urgent procedures to free up hundreds of beds.
🛳 Federal partners have agreed that on @BCFerries, you can now stay in your vehicle. #covid19
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~2K indigenous Comox (aka K'ómoks) people live near the Strait of Georgia in #BritishColumbia, 🇨🇦#Canada.

Only a few dozen are native speakers of Comox (aka Saɬuɬtxʷ or ʔayʔaǰuθəm), which belongs to the Coast #Salish branch of the #Salishan family of #languages. Image
~1.5K #Quinault people live in western #Washington, 🇺🇸#USA. The Quinault (Kʷínaył) #language belongs to the Coast #Salish branch of the #Salishan family of #languages. It has no known native speakers left, as the population has shifted to #English. Image
#Halkomelem is an #indigenous #language with 100 to 300 speakers in #BritishColumbia, 🇨🇦#Canada and #Washington, 🇺🇸#US. It belongs to the Coast #Salish branch of the #Salishan family of #languages.

The #Cowichan are one of several peoples who originally spoke Halkomelem: Image
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