Officials in Haida Gwaii say they plan to tell visitors coming in on the ferry to go straight back in a bid to prevent the arrival of the novel coronavirus. “They are going to go back on that ferry.
We are not letting them off,” said Teri Kish, the director of emergency operations for the Village of Old Massett on Graham Island, one of the two major islands that make up the popular travel destination on B.C’s coast. “If the ferry is not leaving until tomorrow, then we will supply food for them.” Kish told Global News that her community learned about an unusually high number of people — 35 passengers — coming in on the ferry on Monday afternoon.