Coronavirus (COVID-19)
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The Town of Altona is relying on the guidance of health professionals as the COVID-19 pandemic evolves. All Manitobans have a role to play in flattening the curve and slowing the spread of the virus, and minimizing its impact on our health-care system and in our communities. We encourage you to use the following resources for factual, up-to-date information.
For Manitoba’s latest health orders, critical services list, and frequently asked questions, please visit https://www.gov.mb.ca/covid19/soe.html
If your health order-related question was not answered online, or you have non-compliance concerns, you can call the Manitoba Government Inquiry line at 204-945-3744 or 1-866-MANITOBA.
For Manitoba’s online screening COVID-19 screening tool, visit https://sharedhealthmb.ca/covid19/
For Manitoba’s online engagement forum for general business inquiries, please visit https://engagemb.ca/covid19-csp
For more information about Canada’s COVID-19 Economic Response Plan, please visit https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/economic-response-plan.html
For more information about COVID-19 in Canada, please visit https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/coronavirus-disease-covid-19.html?utm_campaign=not-applicable&utm_medium=vanity-url&utm_source=canada-ca_coronavirus
Town of Altona Response to COVID-19
The Town of Altona is taking proactive measures to help reduce the impact of COVID-19. This includes:
- Freezing municipal taxes
- Suspending all recreation programs
- Closure of the Millennium Exhibition Centre, warm-up shelter, and play structures in parks
- Closure of Town of Altona offices to the public. This includes the Public Works Shop, Fire Hall Office, Landfill Office, and Administrative Office. To connect with the Public Works Shop, Fire Hall, or Administrative Office, please call 204-324-6468. To connect with the Landfill Office, please call 204-324-1379.
- Closure of the Altona Police Service Office to the public for all non-urgent matters. If you have a non-urgent matter, have a general question, or wish to speak with an officer, please call their office at 204-324-5373, or after hours at 204-324-5353. Alternatively, you can send your inquiries by email to police.services@altona.ca. If you require fingerprints for a background check, please note that this service is being postponed until further notice. If you require a criminal record check, please call the Altona Police Service Office, and the service will be assessed on a case by case basis. As always, if your call is an emergency, please dial 911.
- Curbside collection is not impacted by the closure of the landfill office. The Landfill is still accessible, but you will not be able to enter the office.
All of these steps are in place to ensure the safety of our community, our staff, and the protection of essential services. We will continue to be hard at work delivering essential services such as protective services, clean water, wastewater treatment and many others, and keeping you informed. The Town of Altona encourages you to practice excellent hygiene, physical distancing, and find new ways to connect with your community. Physical distancing does not need to mean loneliness. As we work together to flatten the curve and slow down the spread of COVID-19, call your neighbours, chat with your friends virtually, and find new ways to socialize while maintaining distance.
Community Responses:
Blue Sky Opportunities Recycling Depot
Blue Sky Opportunities would like you to know that recycle depots have not been sanitized. If you have travelled or present symptoms of COVID-19 it is requested you disinfect your recycling. It is also recommended you do not drop off within your 2 week self-isolation period. Please maintain a minimum of 2 meters of physical distance when interacting with recycling collectors. Help keep collection crews, sorting staff, residents and communities safe!
Food Stores
Sun Valley Co-op Food Store is offering free, contact-less delivery of groceries. Call 204-324-9492 to place your order. Sun Valley Co-op Food Store is also asking that customers reserve the first hour of the day (8 am – 9 am) for seniors to purchase their groceries while the store is less busy.
IGA Grocery Store is offering “Golden Hour” for seniors and those most vulnerable in our community to complete their food shopping. From 7-8 am, (11 am – noon on Sundays), IGA will be open for those vulnerable to COVID-19 to complete essential shopping. IGA also offers delivery service of groceries. Call 204-324-6425.
Pharmacies
Pembina Valley Pharmacy offers delivery of prescription medication. You can order your prescription online at www.pvpaltona.com, or call at 204-324-5550.
Rexall Altona also offers delivery of prescription medication. You can call 204-324-6461 to speak to the pharmacy.
Altona Clinic
Doctors at the facility are making themselves available for consultation via telephone, for those individuals seeking medical advice unrelated to COVID-19. Those looking to take advantage of this option are asked to call the clinic at 204-324-6447 to book a telephone appointment.
Gardens on Tenth
The Apartments: There is no public access WHATSOEVER into the Apartments at the Gardens on Tenth. All public activities and events have been cancelled.
The Gardens, The Units, The Manor: Family and visitors are urged to not enter if they have returned from international travel in the last 14 days, are under direction to self-monitor or self-isolate, or are experiencing flu-like symptoms. All public activities and events have been cancelled.
South Central Regional Library
The South Central Regional Library has closed its doors to the public, but have many online resources available for their patrons, including video streaming, ebooks, audiobooks, and more! Visit https://scrl.mb.libraries.coop/ for more information. Don’t have a library card? Not a problem – they have set up a way for you to get one from home.
MCC
The Altona MCC Gift and Thrift Store will be closed as of March 20, 2020 until further notice.
Places of Worship
The Altona United Church is suspending Sunday morning worship service for March 22nd, and March 29th, and will offer a Sunday morning message on their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/AltonaUnitedChurch/.
Seeds Church will be having no Worship Services and Camp Roots until further notice. This includes Maundy Thursday potluck and Easter Sunday breakfast potluck. There will also be no Easter Choir practices until further notice, and no rentals for groups of 50 or larger. Visit https://seedschurch.ca/ for more information.
Altona Evangelical Mennonite Mission Church will be livestreaming a worship service including singing at 10:30 am on Sundays. Visit https://www.altonaemmc.ca/ for more information.
Victory Family Church will be offering services online by video and podcast. Visit http://www.victoryfamilychurch.ca/wp/ for more information.
Altona Bergthaler Church has cancelled all activities and closed their facility. Services will be posted to their website at http://www.abchurchcommunity.ca/
South Park Mennonite Brethren Church has suspended Sunday morning worship service for March 22nd and 29th. Sermons will be recorded and uploaded to their website at www.southparkmb.com.
Altona Mennonite Church has suspended Sunday morning service.
Reinland Mennonite Church has suspended Sunday morning service.
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