Toll-free number available for COVID-19-related travel questions
The Government of Nunavut has launched a new helpline for travellers seeking information about travel rules during the pandemic. “The COVID toll-free travel line was implemented to address Nunavummiut’s questions on the ongoing changes to travel requirements, both on a federal and territorial level,” said Angela Petru, director of communications for the Department of Executive...
Baker Lake schools reduce capacity in respsone COVID-19 case increase
Each hunters and trappers association to receive $25,000 to distribute food to communities
Health board will hold vaccination clinics for everyone 5 and up in every community
Dr. Michael Patterson says Omicron is pushing the pandemic to an endemic state
378 recoveries reported this wave of the pandemic
Schools and daycares can open, but all non-essential services are shut down
9 contact tracers from Statistics Canada also assigned to the territory
There are no longer any COVID-19 cases among elders in long-term care in Nunavut, health minister says
‘My thoughts are with the family and the community,’ says Premier P.J. Akeeagok
Nunavik reported 78 new cases and 146 recoveries across the region since Jan. 14
Anyone entering a city facility will need to have 2 doses of a Health Canada approved COVID-19 vaccine
Swabs get taken to labs on first flights out of communities, says director of Iqaluit Health Services
Community had 3 active cases heading into last weekend, Nunavik health board says
Negative result on self-test doesn’t end isolation period, Patterson says
Richard Budgell says ‘highly inequitable’ financial toll is not an incentive to get people vaccinated
Disease is present in 18 of Nunavut’s 25 communities, Patterson says
Community had 12 active COVID-19 cases on Thursday, says Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services
Cases reported in Gjoa Haven and Kugaaruk
5 Nunavik residents have died from COVID-19, according to government data
Support includes food hampers for those isolating, money for municipalities to provide critical services
Changes to take effect Jan. 17
Cambridge Bay’s mayor’s numbers include presumptive cases, while GN only reports confirmed infections
Virus detected in every community in region except for Kangirsuk
Territorial government considering financial incentives for daycares to reopen
Territorial government giving out another 16,000 self-test kits at airports
All are asymptomatic, says Embassy West’s operations director
Region keeps mandatory 10-day isolation for people who test positive, despite province’s loosening of rule
Andy Aulatjut Centre still staffed enough to run despite worker shortage
