Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic many organizations, businesses, and municipalities have done their part in flattening the curve, Morden is no different.

Morden Mayor Brandon Burley says they've taken the situation seriously, taking actions to protect those most vulnerable in the community.

"We've done several things closing our public facilities, and we did that before the province required it. We've also enacted work from home scenarios for all non-essential employees. We've quarantined a water plant worker to his home in the case our other two water plant workers are incapacitated due to COVID-19, we will have a spare."

He adds, Morden, has a cross-trained water plant worker and is also cross-trained with Winkler. Both the police service and fire department are equipped with personal protective equipment and have adopted a platoon system, reducing the number of individuals who are in contact with each other. The only time the fire department would interact with members outside their platoon is in the case of a structural fire.

As for what the situation will look like in the future, Burley says they will follow the province's suggestions. Currently, public spaces, parks, and the campground are closed indefinitely with camping registrations unavailable till May 15. He adds only time will tell, and the May 15 timeline gives the city time to monitor COVID and to see what the impact will be.

"I'm very appreciative of the work people are putting in to ensure social and physical distancing. I know tough to follow some of the orders the province has been putting down, but it will help reduce the severity of this and the speed at which we can recover."

Residents interested in learning more about what the city is doing and updates on the situation they can visit mymorden.ca or the city's Facebook page.