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Volume 48-1, January 2022: COVID-19 Mortality and Social Inequalities

The Yukon's experience with COVID-19: Travel restrictions, variants and spread among the unvaccinated

Sara McPhee-Knowles 1 , Bryn Hoffman 2 , Lisa Kanary 1

1 Yukon University, Whitehorse, YT

2 Queen's School of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, ON

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McPhee-Knowles S, Hoffman B, Kanary L. The Yukon's experience with COVID-19: Travel restrictions, variants and spread among the unvaccinated. Can Commun Dis Rep 2022;48(1):17–21. https://doi.org/10.14745/ccdr.v48i01a03

Keywords: COVID-19, Yukon Territory, pandemic response, travel restrictions, vaccination, outbreak, northern Canada

The Yukon’s experience with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been an interesting one; the territory successfully implemented travel restrictions to limit importing the virus and rolled out vaccines quickly compared to most Canadian jurisdictions. However, the Yukon’s first wave of COVID-19 in June and July 2021 overwhelmed the healthcare system due to widespread transmission in unvaccinated children, youth and adults, despite high vaccination uptake overall and mandatory masking. This experience highlights the importance of continued support for public vaccination programs, widespread vaccine uptake in paediatric populations, and the judicious relaxation of non-pharmaceutical interventions in all Canadian jurisdictions as they reopen while more contagious variants emerge.

Introduction

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) trajectory across Canada has been an uneven one, and the Yukon Territory, Canada is an interesting case. From March 22, 2020, to June 1, 2021, there were 62 cases and two deaths due to COVID-19 in the Yukon Footnote 1 . An important feature of the Yukon’s public health strategy was implementing travel restrictions, where, similar to the Atlantic provinces, travellers entering the territory had to self-isolate for 14 days. The Yukon has a small, sparse population and, thanks to few access points, was able to enforce travel restrictions to limit imported cases. However, in June and July 2021, shortly after lifting some restrictions, the Yukon experienced its first wave of COVID-19 with community transmission, despite having the highest vaccination rate in Canada by the end of May Footnote 2 . From June 1 to August 2, 2021, Yukon reported 541 new cases of COVID-19 as part of three distinct outbreaks and six deaths in a population of about 42,000 Footnote 3 . Most people who became ill were unvaccinated Footnote 4 , with only 14% of cases fully vaccinated, and none of the COVID-19 patients who died were fully vaccinated Footnote 1 . On July 28, 2020, the government reported that a total of 52 people were hospitalized during this wave; of that group, 43 were unvaccinated or only partially vaccinated. Fourteen cases, 11 of whom were unvaccinated, were in critical condition and were medically evacuated to larger centers Footnote 5 . In this commentary, we present the Yukon’s experience with the COVID-19 pandemic and highlight lessons learned from its late wave of COVID-19 in June and July 2021.

The Yukon is Canada’s second smallest jurisdiction by population. About 75% of the population lives in Whitehorse, the territory’s capital, and the remainder in 15 smaller communities Footnote 3 . There are three hospitals. Whitehorse General, the largest, has 56 beds, a range of services including a four-bed intensive care unit, and accommodates 32,000 emergency visits and 3,703 admissions per year. Two community hospitals in Watson Lake and Dawson City have emergency services and six bed inpatient units each, with 112 and 80 admissions per year and 2,627 and 2,812 emergency visits annually, respectively Footnote 6 . This overall hospital capacity is historically adequate for the population; however, medical evacuation or medical travel is often required for high acuity cases or those requiring specialist care Footnote 7 . This leaves the Yukon at higher risk during the COVID-19 pandemic, as a significant outbreak could overwhelm healthcare capacity. If cases are also surging in other jurisdictions, medical evacuation to larger centres, such as Vancouver or Edmonton Footnote 8 , may not be possible.

Following devolution in 2003, the Yukon territorial government assumed responsibility for public health, along with other provincial powers, from the Canadian federal government. Eleven of the 14 Yukon First Nations are self-governing and able to draw responsibilities from the territorial government, including some related to health, after they pass their own legislation Footnote 9 . In the 2016 census, approximately 23% of the population identified as having Indigenous ancestry Footnote 10 . The Yukon’s economy is largely based on government; Yukon depends heavily on federal transfers Footnote 11 . Mining, services and tourism are also important drivers. Because of self-isolation requirements following travel, tourism decreased by 25% in the first quarter of 2020 compared to 2019 Footnote 12 . The unique demographic, economic and institutional context of the Yukon influenced the pandemic response.

Pandemic response

The Government of Yukon, enabled by its status as a “proto-province” Footnote 13 , lead the pandemic response; the Council of Yukon First Nations, representing Yukon First Nations governments, also played a role in coordination and communication. Early on, the Yukon government enacted typical public health restrictions such as restricting gatherings, closing bars and personal care services, and suspending healthcare services. The first cases of COVID-19 in Yukon were announced on March 22, 2020 ( Figure 1 ), after restrictions were in place. Restricting out-of-territory travel as of March 22, 2020, limited importing cases into the Yukon: a 14-day self-isolation was required for all travellers entering the territory. Yukoners were requested to limit their rural community travel, and some First Nations governments set up check points into their traditional territories. A border control measures order was issued on April 2, 2020, to enforce self-isolation requirements at border entry points Footnote 14 . A travel “bubble” with British Columbia was established on July 1, 2020, allowing travel between the two jurisdictions without self-isolation; however, the bubble ended on November 20, 2020, after cases began increasing in the Yukon Footnote 15 . These travel restrictions effectively prevented a major COVID-19 outbreak in the Yukon for the first year of the pandemic. Mandatory masks for Yukoners over the age of five years in public places were instituted on December 1, 2020—one of the last Canadian jurisdictions to mandate mask-wearing Footnote 16 since there had been such limited COVID-19 cases present in the Yukon (Figure 1).

Figure 1: Timeline of key events related to the COVID-19 pandemic in Yukon Territory, Canada from March 1, 2020 to July 31, 2021

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Shortly after self-isolation requirements for travellers were lifted, an outbreak of the Gamma variant was declared on June 13, 2021 (Figure 1) Footnote 19 . Transmission occurred at secondary school graduation parties, bars Footnote 20 , daycares and the Whitehorse Emergency Shelter; transmission was mostly in unvaccinated adults, youth and children Footnote 4 . Graduation season facilitated disease transmission because graduates and family members travelled between communities, and attended both informal, unmasked, celebrations and larger, organized gatherings with COVID-19 measures in place. In fact, the outbreak can be linked back to a single infected individual who attended a large party Footnote 20 . On July 14, 2021, 240 of 414 cases had been confirmed as the Gamma variant Footnote 21 .

Yukon’s Chief Medical Officer of Health encouraged those not yet vaccinated to book appointments and for all Yukoners to “stick to six” people for gatherings, but lowered formal gathering limits to 10 indoors with masks and 20 outdoors Footnote 22 . Other public health measures included cancelling some graduation events Footnote 23 , urging parents to keep children home from daycare Footnote 22 and increased restrictions by the Yukon Hospital Corporation Footnote 4 . Cases were present in most Yukon communities. Many Yukon First Nations requested that travellers refrain from visiting. Contact tracing, testing and vaccination teams were at capacity; the Premier requested additional support from the federal government Footnote 22 . On July 28, 2021, no new cases were reported for the first time since June 5, 2021; as of July 31, 2021, 68.63% of the total population was fully vaccinated (Figure 1) Footnote 2 . All remaining public health restrictions were lifted on August 4, 2021, including the requirement for travellers who were not vaccinated to self-isolate and mandatory indoor masking Footnote 24 ; this decision received some public criticism, including from the Kwanlin Dün First Nation’s chief Footnote 25 .

Some insights can be gleaned from Yukon’s experience with COVID-19. The first is the importance of mitigating case importations through self-isolation requirements for travellers entering a region. To illustrate, modeling studies for Newfoundland demonstrated that without introducing a self-isolation requirement for travellers, there would have been 12.4 times more COVID-19 cases in the early weeks of the pandemic Footnote 26 . Managing case importations is critical in small jurisdictions with limited hospital capacity, such as the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut. Remote regions may also be able to monitor entry points more easily than larger, better-connected centers. This policy choice meant that the tourism industry was disproportionately affected compared with many other Yukon businesses, and it will not be sustainable in the long-term under these conditions.

A further consideration for the Yukon, and other jurisdictions that did not experience high COVID-19 case counts earlier in the pandemic, was that moving forward with reopening plans meant increasing cases and therefore risk, compared with areas that reopened due to decreasing case counts. There was also a question of timing; reopening shortly before graduation, when there was increased travel between Yukon communities, likely contributed to the rapid outbreak spread.

A central insight, of importance in late 2021 as other Canadian jurisdictions reopened, is that high vaccination rates and mandatory masking were not enough to prevent outbreaks in unvaccinated populations, which put a strain on the local healthcare system. Secondary school students, as part of the 12–17 year age group, were not eligible for vaccination prior to reopening Footnote 27 , whereas children in daycare were too young to be vaccinated, and some communities had lower vaccination rates than others Footnote 28 . Policy decisions based on an overall percentage of vaccinated people ignore that unvaccinated groups, because of age or lifestyle, tend to interact, which facilitates disease spread.

Although children do not typically suffer severe illness from COVID-19 Footnote 29 , daycares were hotspots in Yukon’s summer outbreak Footnote 22 . To manage the outbreak, the Chief Medical Officer of Health recommended that parents who are not essential workers keep their children home if possible. As parents are limited in their ability to work without access to reliable childcare and typically women bear more of the burden for childcare responsibilities, which has been exacerbated by the pandemic Footnote 30 , this recommendation came with economic consequences that disproportionately impacted women. Currently, children younger than five years of age are ineligible for vaccination and are therefore vulnerable to the more contagious variants of COVID-19.

A lesson can be taken from the Yukon’s experience: travel restrictions in the remote region were effective at mitigating disease importation early during the pandemic, but once these restrictions were removed, the highly contagious Gamma variant circulated in unvaccinated populations. Even with high vaccine uptake and masking, outbreaks occurred that strained public health and healthcare capacity. This is a cautionary tale for other jurisdictions as public health measures are being removed and vaccine uptake has plateaued. Extended COVID-19 disease burden in the Yukon could include unintended consequences, such as more paediatric cases, daycare and school closures and their associated economic and mental health impacts, more difficulties for businesses, and an overburdened healthcare system. These impacts are also being seen elsewhere in Canada during the fourth wave. Widespread vaccination across age groups and communities is needed to reduce the severity of future COVID-19 waves.

Authors’ statement

All authors contributed to conceptualization, writing, as well as review and editing, of this commentary.

The content and view expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Government of Canada.

Competing interests

Acknowledgements.

The authors would like to thank R Hulstein for his thoughtful comments on an earlier draft.

Financial support for this study was provided by the Yukon University Scholarly Activity Grant.

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When Michelle Oakley, ’91, was 11 years old, she met the famed English primatologist and anthropologist Jane Goodall.

When Oakley approached her hero at a book signing event at Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo, Oakley told Goodall that she wanted to work with wildlife someday.

“And I’ll never forget it,” Oakley says. “She looked at me and said, ‘You shall.’ It was like she destined it into being.”

Oakley fulfilled Goodall’s prophecy, though neither the hero nor her admirer could have predicted what followed.

Today, Oakley is a veterinarian headquartered in Haines, Alaska, and the title star of National Geographic Wild’s “Dr. Oakley, Yukon Vet.” Oakley’s career has taken her into homes and barns and remote areas of the wild, often with a daughter—or three—in tow. Her work has included conducting fertility exams on dairy cows, performing emergency c-sections on dogs, and treating cats with diabetes. She has also been dropped by helicopter into a field of bison, completed a checkup on an ornery owl, and been shaken by a sedated grizzly bear’s sudden interest in taking a stroll.

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As a young girl, Oakley rode horses, milked cows at her uncle’s dairy farm, and devoted hours to observing animals dance around the creek near her Munster, Ind., home. Studying zoology at U-M was a natural pursuit. Over two summers as an undergraduate, she helped a U-M Ph.D. student study ground squirrels at Kluane National Park in the Canadian Yukon. “We camped out the entire summer. It wasn’t glamorous, but I got to see the whole ecosystem around me,” says Oakley, confessing she initially thought the Yukon was in Mexico.

Those summer excursions sparked Oakley’s love affair with the Yukon’s vast wilderness. After graduating from U-M, Oakley returned to work as a technician for Yukon Fish and Wildlife before earning her veterinary medicine degree in 2000 from Atlantic Veterinary College in Prince Edward Island, Canada. She then spent nine years as a government vet before deciding to pair contract work with her own veterinary practice in Haines Junction, a Canadian town of 600.

“I had young daughters and this was a way I could get that work-life balance, and even bring the girls with me,” Oakley says.

It was about that time colleagues forwarded her an email from National Geographic. The company was interested in a reality show following a wildlife vet.

“I wasn’t seeking to be on television and I honestly had no idea what it would mean,” Oakley says.

The first “Dr. Oakley, Yukon Vet” aired in April 2014. It follows Oakley tending to domestic pets, farm animals, and wildlife in an area where she is the lone veterinary option. Sometimes she performs procedures for the first time with cameras present. She feels that authenticity resonates with viewers.

“There are specialists who could do 10 times better than me in some situations, but that’s not possible here,” she says. “I do the best I can without knowing everything. People see I’m not perfect and I think they appreciate that.”

Oakley believes viewers also enjoy the show’s family nature, as audiences have watched Oakley’s three daughters—Sierra (24), Maya (23), and Willow (17)—grow up on screen and accompany their mother on calls.

“I’ve never been good at scrapbooking, so this show has become a wonderful record of family memories,” Oakley says.

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“I’m not even sure what that means,” she says. “There are no do-overs with animals.”

In 2019, InStyle named Oakley to its Badass 50 Women list alongside the likes of the late Betty White, Olympic gymnast Simone Biles, and Michelle Obama. The magazine recognized Oakley’s veterinary efforts as well as her work to promote wildlife conservation. And Instagram posts from Oakley under the handle @yukonvet generate thousands of views, likes, and comments.

Oakley’s role on television has opened doors to once unthinkable opportunities to travel and work with wildlife around the globe—including in Europe, Asia, and Central America. When wildfires flared across parts of Australia in late 2019, Oakley visited the country and operated mobile veterinary clinics. Those efforts, captured in a “Dr. Oakley” episode, concluded the show’s eighth season.

The series has enabled Oakley to feed her “vet habit,” providing her the means to run pop-up vet clinics in small towns across Alaska and purchase vital field equipment like portable machines for X-rays and anesthesia. It has also allowed her to learn from specialists whose knowledge and insights inform and broaden her veterinary work. One researcher in California showed Oakley how covering animal burns in fish skin could reduce infections and expedite the healing process.

“Now, I’m using fish skin all the time. I get geeky about the cutting-edge stuff,” says Oakley, who credits her U-M zoology studies, and professor emeritus Philip Myers, for preparing her for such diverse work.

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On wednesday, there were 70 new confirmed covid-19 cases, putting the active case count to 471.

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Yukon's top doctor said Wednesday that based on the trend in cases and what is known about the impact of the Omicron COVID-19 variant in other parts of the country, "we can begin to understand what might happen in the Yukon." And that is likely more people getting sick and more hospitalizations.

Dr. Catherine Elliott, the acting chief medical officer of health, made the comments during a COVID-19 news conference on Wednesday, where she was joined by Health Minister Tracy-Anne McPhee.

"This is the closest I get to a crystal ball," Elliott said.

"At this time, based on this, I anticipate we'll continue to see a number of people off work due to illness and isolation and a number of more people continuing to get sick. I'll also expect that we'll see more people requiring hospitalization in the next days to week."

As of Wednesday, there are two people hospitalized with COVID-19.

In the event the territory's hospitals become full, Elliott said the options include expanding the hospitalization capacity in Yukon, exploring the possibility of bringing in healthcare workers from other places, and exploring further options for moving patients to other places to get the care they need.

"These are all the options that we will consider at that time," she said, adding there are plans in place with Yukon Hospital Corporation to accommodate patients that are coming in now and that are predicted to come in the coming days, weeks and months. 

The Yukon government will also start reporting COVID-19 hospitalizations in the territory, and other data, McPhee said.

McPhee said the Yukon received 50,000 rapid test kits on Saturday from the federal government, and since Monday the territory has distributed 1,400 rapid test kits.

"As we receive more rapid take-home tests from the government of Canada, we will continue to make them available to Yukoners," she said.

Yukoners should be reminded, McPhee said, that the tests "are not a substitute for being vaccinated or following health conditions and public health measures."

On Monday, the territory began handing out rapid test kits in Whitehorse to people with COVID-19 symptoms. It comes after the territorial government announced last week that anyone with COVID-19 symptoms should assume they are infected and isolate immediately, rather than get a PCR test. 

Lab tests are currently reserved for those most at risk, the territory said.

Active COVID-19 case counts are on the rise in the Yukon, as they are throughout Canada, including in the N.W.T. and Nunavut.

On Wednesday, there were 70 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, putting the active case count to 471. There are many other cases that are not being diagnosed too, the territory has previously warned.

Elliott said the average new daily case count is 77 over the past week, and in the past three days that average jumps to 92.

There is also an outbreak at a long-term care home, Copper Ridge Place, involving two residents. The territory said the situation is contained and "routine outbreak management procedures" are in place, including screening and testing protocols. The territory said staff and families have also been given additional details.

The affected house is set to stay closed until Elliott declares the outbreak over.

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McPhee said the priority at the clinic right now is booster shots for eligible Yukoners – everyone over the age of 18 who has had their first two shots. Appointments can be booked online .

In February, Yukon will shift focus at the Whitehorse vaccine clinic to second shots for kids aged five to 11, many of whom received their shots in December, McPhee said.

On Tuesday evening, Elliott recommended in a news release that Yukoners returning from domestic travel monitor for symptoms of COVID-19 and self-isolate when they are sick.

This means the recommendation to reduce contacts for the three- or five-day period following travel that were included in the holiday guidelines has been removed.

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  17. Here's when and where Yukoners can get vaccinated against COVID-19

    Whitehorse clinic opens, priority given to high-risk and vulnerable populations. ... Beginning the week of Jan. 18, Frost said two mobile teams will travel into rural Yukon communities to immunize ...

  18. Whitehorse's only walk-in clinic welcomes 1st ...

    Dec 18, 2023 9:30 PM. A sign outside the long-awaited walk-in clinic, which opened in Whitehorse on Dec. 18. (Dana Hatherly/Yukon News) Yukoners who don't have a dedicated primary care provider can finally see a doctor or a nurse at a so-called walk-in clinic and an item on the Yukon NDP's wish list has been delivered: the Whitehorse Walk ...

  19. Yukon psychiatry clinic won't close

    According to a Dec. 12 update to the News by email from the clinic, the doctor's office has been in contact with the Yukon government. Based on learning that the government will be conducting a comprehensive review of the psychiatry services in the territory, the clinic will hold off on its decision until a meeting set for late January 2024.

  20. The 'Yukon Vet' on Life, Work in the Alaskan Wilderness

    Oakley's role on television has opened doors to once unthinkable opportunities to travel and work with wildlife around the globe—including in Europe, Asia, and Central America. When wildfires flared across parts of Australia in late 2019, Oakley visited the country and operated mobile veterinary clinics.

  21. Yukon VA Clinic, 1808 Commons Cir, Yukon, OK

    The clinic ensures that veterans receive prompt and confidential outpatient services, including individual and group therapy, to address their mental health and emotional well-being. Additionally, the Yukon VA Clinic offers beneficiary travel benefits, including transportation assistance and mileage reimbursement, to help veterans access the ...

  22. Yukon top doc expects more COVID-19 hospitalizations within 'days to

    Pop up vaccine clinic for youth. A pop up vaccine clinic will be held in Whitehorse on Thursday at the health centre for children aged five to 11 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Appointments can be booked ...

  23. Yukon VA Clinic

    If you have trouble filling a prescription by a VA health care provider or VA-authorized community provider, contact your local VA pharmacy or call our MyVA411 main information line at 800-698-2411 ( TTY: 711 ). VA Oklahoma City health care. Locations. Yukon VA Clinic. Yukon VA Clinic. Make an appointment.