As way to continue to promote preventive measures for spreading COVID-19, the Northern Health Region has begun their Stay Safe Badge campaign in Thompson.

The campaign originally began in The Pas a few weeks ago to continue to urge people to continue physical distancing, thorough hand washing, and appropriate cough and sneeze etiquette..

Lynn Watkins with the Health Promotions department at the NRHA explains the health authority partnered with the Safer Choices Northern Network to reach out to businesses in Thompson and give them safety badges for employees as well as window decals that remind people to remain two meters apart while in the store.

Watkins says this campaign is especially important as the province slowly re-opens the economy.

For more on the Stay Safe Badge campaign, check out Thompson Today at 12:40 and 5:10.