Restrictions on outdoor activities are to be eased next week.

The change will follow the release of the territorySA国际影视传媒檚 new pandemic recovery plan, chief public health officer (CPHO) Dr. Kami Kandola told a committee of MLAs June 3.

A revised Emerging Wisely document will be released to the public on June 9, Kandola told members of the standing committee on accountability and oversight (AOC).

Members of the committee will get access to the plan two days earlier, June 7, along with the rest of the MLAs of the 19th Legislative Assembly.

Kandola deferred to that date questions from MLAs that probed beyond the broad strokes she described the new plan in during the sweltering evening meeting, which ended with newly minted chair Kevin OSA国际影视传媒橰eilly, MLA for Frame Lake, noting the temperature in the room had become uncomfortable. It wasnSA国际影视传媒檛 clear why.

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Folk on the Rocks, farmers markets and barbecue gatherings will be possible under the new Emerging Wisely, Kandola said. But SA国际影视传媒渉igh-riskSA国际影视传媒� activities will remain banned until more NWT residents are vaccinated.

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The new Emerging Wisely will do away with the phased approach of the original plan, by which measure the NWT has stayed in phase two for almost one year.

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Inuvik-Twin Lakes MLA Lesa Semmler is worried about risks beyond COVID-19 infections. She said without clear direction on isolation periods before the summer, the territory puts professionals such as teachers in a difficult position.

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Kandola said relaxing indoor gatherings would depend on vaccine uptake.

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Thebacha MLA Frieda Martselos pressed Kandola for a timeline on an end to post-travel isolation periods.

The top doctor wouldnSA国际影视传媒檛 commit to a date on opening the border, but teased the NWT is SA国际影视传媒渇urther ahead than other jurisdictionsSA国际影视传媒� and that is reflected in the revised plan.

Yellowknife North MLA Rylund Johnson said the original Emerging Wisely put the NWT in phase four, a return to normal life, when there was a COVID-19 vaccine.

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Great Slave MLA Katrina Nokleby likewise said she was concerned the removal of the phased approach implies no targets will be in the plan.

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Kandola said the plan will have indicators and timelines, progressing in line with vaccination indicators through the summer into the fall.

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Are a few vax skeptics holding up the NWT?

In a separate question, Semmler asked whether individuals or communities that are consistently reluctant to be vaccinated will impede the rest of the territorySA国际影视传媒檚 progress.

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Kandola pointed to the GNWTSA国际影视传媒檚 vaccine encouragement initiative that offers up to $10,000 for communities to launch vaccine programs among residents.

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