Nunavut’s COVID-19 cases jumped from two to 15 over the weekend, with all cases reported in Arviat, the community hit hardest by the first wave of COVID-19 in Nunavut. Restrictions are tightening immediately, says Dr. Michael Patterson. (File photo)
Premier calls on hamlet’s residents to be “more vigilant than ever”
Public health restrictions in Arviat were tightened Sunday after Nunavut’s Health Department reported 13 new cases of COVID-19 in the hamlet, bringing its total caseload to 15.
Johnny Watt, a resident of Tusajiapik Elders’ Home in Kuujjuaq, was the first person in Nunavik to be vaccinated against COVID-19 on Sunday, Jan. 17. Watt has a history with vaccines: he helped deliver the measles vaccines to camps by dogsled team in the early 1950s. Nunavik received its first batch of 1,000 doses of Moderna’s vaccine this past weekend. Immunization will begin in the region’s other communities this week. (Photo courtesy of the NRBHSS)