The Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority (NTHSSA) says it wonSA国际影视传媒檛 reveal the number of workers at Stanton Territorial Hospital who were affected by a recent Covid-19 outbreak.

In an email on Jan. 19, NTHSSA spokesperson Jack Miltenberger said the authority couldnSA国际影视传媒檛 reveal how many workers at the hospital had been either exposed to or infected by the virus due to privacy concerns.

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On Jan. 10, the Office of the Chief Public Health Officer announced that Stanton had been the site of a Covid outbreak during the first week of January. Although SA国际影视传媒渙utbreakSA国际影视传媒� implies local transmission leading to more than one case, no other details were provided on the number of workers who were either exposed or infected.

However, in addition to not making these figures public, those details were not provided to the union that represents health-care workers at Stanton. In an email on Jan. 13, Union of Northern Workers (UNW) President Gayla Thunstrom said, SA国际影视传媒淭he employer has not provided us with this informationSA国际影视传媒� when asked how many of the unionSA国际影视传媒檚 workers had been affected. Local 11 of the UNW represents health-care workers at the hospital.

Thunstrom estimates 420 union members are currently employed at Stanton, although she said information from the GNWT on the number of members employed at the hospital at any given time is SA国际影视传媒渄ifficult to break down accuratelySA国际影视传媒� and often out of date.

Stanton would again be the site of a Covid-19 exposure on both Jan. 10 and 11, this time in the emergency department.