“Until the outbreak is declared over, the number of cases will fluctuate regularly”
The Government of Nunavut had a welcome announcement on Wednesday: no new cases of COVID-19 to report. There are 41 active cases in the territory, all of them in Arviat. To date, 217 Nunavummiut have recovered from COVID-19.
Meanwhile, Kitikmeot organization will make $250 payments to urban beneficiaries
Freezers will add to storage capacity in Iqaluit and Rankin Inlet
Significant contacts have been put in isolation, says Nunavik’s health board
Individual tested positive for virus in Tasuijaq but has since left community
Health minister asks Arviat residents to obey public health restrictions
Region’s leaders reluctant to go first and “would rather wait for southern cities and regions to get started,” says director of public health
Six recoveries bring territory’s active case count down to 42
Kivalliq Inuit Association uses federal money for $1,500 Arctic Co-op gift cards
Local northern collaborators key to research in 2020
“Please don’t take chances, focus on doing your part,” chief public health officer says
School board offers some teachers a cash incentive to avoid non-essential travel
Resident travelled home from the south and is now in isolation
But community warned it still “cannot be assumed to be COVID-free”
Some residents remain in isolation, but all of community’s COVID-19 cases were declared recovered on Dec. 3
“Please pray” for COVID-19 patient Luki Sammurtok, wife Diane says
Chief public health officer urges Nunavummiut to participate
Arviat accounts for new cases as territory continues to recover
But QIA regional vote will go ahead Dec. 14
“They’re in a hospital in Winnipeg and stable”
All of Rankin Inlet’s cases have now recovered, government says
Travelling court circuits suspended until Jan. 11
Pandemic brings increasing dangers for homeless Inuit women
Active cases drop to 80; Arviat adds 11
Nunavut Coalition of District Education Authorities says government “dropped the ball” during COVID-19 lockdown
