For residents of Wrigley, their main connection to the outside world is the Mackenzie Highway, which ends at their small community. 

And if Covid-19 reaches here, residents know the silent enemy will probably come via the all-season road. 

SA国际影视传媒�We barely get any visitors,SA国际影视传媒� Chief Maurice Moses told SA国际影视传媒. 

But while that fact helps protect Wrigley -SA国际影视传媒� or Pedze虂h K谋台虂 in the Dene language -- against coronavirus, the community's remoteness is also its vulnerability because there are no doctors, nurses or stores there. 

SA国际影视传媒�I think this weekend weSA国际影视传媒檙e sending out some hunters and theySA国际影视传媒檙e going to see if they can get some moose for the community and some fish so we don't have to rely on the Northern Store. We have to go to Fort Simpson for groceries,SA国际影视传媒� a 220-km drive away, the chief said.

Moses is well aware of WrigleySA国际影视传媒檚 vulnerability and said the community will take extra precautions to guard against the pandemic. 

SA国际影视传媒淎s soon as thereSA国际影视传媒檚 a case in Simpson weSA国际影视传媒檒l barricade ourselves,SA国际影视传媒� he said.

Even with its small population of about 120 people, the community is taking social distancing seriously. 

SA国际影视传媒淓veryone phones one another. We don't socialize anymore. We only have one staff member in the band office (now), who does the mail. Everyone has quarantined themselves,SA国际影视传媒� Moses said. SA国际影视传媒淲e know there are cases in Yellowknife and elsewhere. ItSA国际影视传媒檚 coming. Hopefully everyone takes care of themselves because itSA国际影视传媒檚 pretty serious. ItSA国际影视传媒檚 a serious virus.SA国际影视传媒� 

WrigleySA国际影视传媒檚 school is closed and the only public place still open is the health centre, which has maintained regular hours and is staffed by a health support worker. 

Health protocol

A small number of people in Wrigley have been tested for Covid-19. The support worker in the health centre administers the tests. 

Moses said everyone seems healthy for now.

SA国际影视传媒淭he health authority has given (medical) gear to the support worker. As soon as someone reports theySA国际影视传媒檙e getting sick ... people could quarantine themselves until test results are back. I already told the Dene Nation in our last meeting that there should be (a doctor) here full-time just to be on the safe side.SA国际影视传媒�

Out on the land

Most residents pass the time inside their homes. Others go hunting. The youth, like the chiefSA国际影视传媒檚 two sons, play online video games. 

When his boys arenSA国际影视传媒檛 playing inside they also hunt. 

SA国际影视传媒淭heySA国际影视传媒檙e steady out on the land. They go out as a group to the islands and look for moose. They keep away from town. It keeps them busy. But I tell them when theySA国际影视传媒檙e out there they have to keep their distance, they can't huddle up together. They know and they're doing their part. I tell them to be careful,SA国际影视传媒� Moses said. 

Some families have gone out on the land but the chief said other families are waiting until the community receives its share of the $2.6 million earmarked by Ottawa for transportation, fuel, food, and medical equipment for NWT Indigenous people who want to self-isolate on the land. 

Wrigley is a member of the Dehcho First Nation, which is among the designated recipients of the funding. 

SA国际影视传媒�Our people want to go back on the land but thereSA国际影视传媒檚 just no funding and itSA国际影视传媒檚 sure taking its time to come,SA国际影视传媒� Moses said.