I linked yesterday to this CBCnews.ca report: Remote Manitoba First Nation confirms 2 cases of swine flu. But I missed a key part at the end of the story:
Despite the situation, people in the community are surprisingly calm, McDougall said. But others seem to be nervous about people from the First Nation, he said, noting that on Thursday some residents who are in the Winnipeg to be with family were told to move out of their downtown hotel.
Kyle Wyatt, general manager of the St. Regis Hotel, said Health Canada contacted him and told him to transfer the St. Theresa guests to another facility. He did not have an exact number of people, but did say it was guests from five rooms.
Health Canada did not explain to him why the guests had to be moved out.
Jim Baker, head of the Manitoba Hotels Association, said he hasn't heard anything about people being asked to leave any hotels because of the flu outbreak. But he said the association has been trying to get information from health officials about what to do in such a situation.
"Clearly, if these actions have taken place, I would just surmise what has happened is the operators — their major concern is the health and safety of their staff and guests. So they have been put [between] a rock and a hard place," Baker said.
This part of the story was also on CBC TV news this morning. Still no explanation for the transfer.
