The City of Peterborough and Peterborough County have declared states of emergency amid the coronavirus pandemic. In a press conference at city hall on Monday afternoon, Peterborough Mayor Diane Therrien said the declaration reinforces to residents the seriousness and urgency of the pandemic. “We really need to convey that that is an emergency and people need to treat it as such,” she said.
To date, there have been three confirmed cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, in the jurisdiction of Peterborough Public Health, which includes the city and county’s municipalities.
One of the cases was confirmed to be associated with Trent University’s Peterborough campus. The mayor continued to ask residents to practise self-isolation if