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(Marisela Amador The Eastern Door) The decision to open up Kahnawake to non-residents has left some community members questioning their safety.

(Steve Bonspiel The Eastern Door) Kanesatake has redirected the access control location points to new locations in the community, hoping to serve a new role.

(Steve Bonspiel The Eastern Door)  The Kanesatake Emergency Response Unit (ERU) and Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) grand chief Serge Otsi Simon didn’t want to take any chances.

(Courtesy Shaylyn Montour)  On May 15, Thomas Montour found out that one of his colleagues had tested positive for COVID-19. He immediately told his daughter, Shaylyn Montour, because they reside in the same household.

(Courtesy T. Sansregret)  After discussions with the COVID-19 Task Force, Leanne Poissant from Poissant and Deer funeral home, agreed to temporarily shut down their branch in Kahnawake in order to prevent spreading of the virus.  For now, they have directed all appointments to their branch in St. Constant, according to Poissant.  “We talked with the Task Force in Kahnawake, and because we are not residents, we only have a building, they don’t want us to come and go.

Premier Francois Legault announced recently that schools will gradually re-open in Quebec, but Kahnawake has other plans. All schools will remain closed for the remainder of the school year, as stipulated by the Kahnawake COVID-19 Pandemic Task Force.

The COVID-19 pandemic forced governments all over the world to set out various safety measures to try to mitigate the impacts of the virus.

Every second day, George Gogoris drives up to his restaurant. He arrives at around 11:00 a.m., but there’s no sound of staff talking among themselves, no meat simmering on the grill, or the chatter of customers as they wait for their meals at Robbie’s Smokehouse and Burger Bar.

(Marisela Amador, The Eastern Door) On Wednesday (March 18), the Kahnawake COVID-19 Task Force announced the first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus in Kahnawake.  “I am here today to advise the community that we had a first positive case of COVID-19 in the community,” said Lisa Westaway, Kateri Memorial Hospital Centre (KMHC)

 (Courtesy Andrea Meloche)  While COVID-19 is a rapidly evolving issue, Kahnawa’kehró:non are taking measures to protect the health and safety of community members, to limit the spread of this pandemic.