A Manitoba man currently living in California says people in his community are taking self-isolation seriously, especially since governor Gavin Newsom ordered the state’s nearly 40 million people to stay at home to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
The pandemic has been declared a major disaster in the state, which will free up federal resources to help stem the tide of COVID-19 cases in a part of the U.S.
with a population similar in number to Canada’s. “People are taking it pretty seriously, at least in our town,” Allen Van Deynze told 680 CJOB. “People are walking their dogs, but passing each other six feet apart.