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PEI Respiratory Illness Summary 2023-2024 Season
2024-05-01
Week 17 – April 21 to April 27, 2024
The surveillance period for the 2023-24 PEI Respiratory Illness Summary starts from August 27, 2023 (epidemiological week 35-2023) to August 24, 2024 (epidemiological week 34-2024). Surveillance weeks correspond to the Public...
Register for a Food Safety Course
2024-04-08
Food premises operators in PEI can register online for food safety training. A certified public health inspector will present current information on food hygiene, preparing food safely and preventing food poisoning. The one-day workshop will be offered at various dates and locations throughout PEI...
Operate a Food Premises Licence - Online Application
2024-03-19
You must have a licence to operate a food premises or to prepare and/or serve food to the public at any location - a super market, canteen, farmer’s market, craft fair, special/fundraising event, or home-based food/catering service, etc.
Your food premises licence will expire on March 31st...
Food Premises Licensing and Inspection
2024-03-19
A valid licence is required to operate a food premises or to prepare and/or serve food to the public at any location in PEI. The licence expires each year on March 31st, except class 4 licenses, which do not expire. Apply for a Licence to Operate a Food Premises.
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COVID-19 Spring Booster Dose available
2024-03-18
Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, reminds Islanders that a COVID-19 booster dose is currently available in PEI. The National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) released updated guidance on an additional booster COVID-19 dose for Spring 2024.
The COVID-19 booster dose may...
Volunteer Food Safety Presentations
2024-03-18
Are you a volunteer with a non-profit organization or service club?
Your non-profit organization and/or service club is required to have at least one organizer or volunteer present during food preparation who has completed the Food Safety Training or has a Certificate of Attendance from the...
Measles
2024-03-14
Measles is one of the most highly infectious vaccine-preventable diseases. It has been eliminated from circulation in Canada since 1998 due to highly effective vaccines and successful public health programs. Measles is spread when you:
breathe air in a location where someone who's infected is or...
Communicable Disease Guidelines
https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/information/health-and-wellness/communicable-disease-guidelines
2024-02-22
The Chief Public Health Office provides direction and guidance on the management and control of communicable diseases in Prince Edward Island. The following policies and guidelines contain information for health care providers regarding the prevention, identification and management of communicable...