Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, has announced five new positive cases of COVID-19 in Prince Edward Island. Three of the individuals, all in their 20s, are close household contacts of a previously reported case linked to the Leaps and Bounds Childcare Centre in...
Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, has announced one new positive case of COVID-19 in Prince Edward Island. The individual is in their 20s and had recently travelled outside Atlantic Canada. They tested positive through routine testing. The individual is self...
Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, has announced one new positive case of COVID-19 in Prince Edward Island. The new case is an individual in their 20s who recently travelled to PEI from within Atlantic Canada. The individual is in self-isolation and being followed...
Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, has announced two new cases of COVID-19. The individuals are both in their 20s, one had recently travelled outside of Atlantic Canada and the other is a close contact. They are both self-isolating and being followed daily by...
Prince Edward Island’s Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, has confirmed two new positive cases of COVID-19. The individuals are a man in his 50s and another man in his late teens, both related to travel outside of Atlantic Canada. Both men are asymptomatic and...
With respiratory illness season approaching, Islanders are urged to protect themselves and those around them by getting vaccinated against influenza (flu) and COVID-19. Vaccination is a proven way to reduce the spread of these illnesses and keep communities healthy. “Vaccines...
Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, has announced 309 new cases of COVID-19 and 222 new recoveries in PEI as of 8:00 am on Saturday, January 15, 2022. These new cases are still under investigation. There are currently 2,081 active cases of COVID-19 and there have...
Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, has announced that a new Daily Testing for School Contacts protocol will be implemented in relation to recent cases linked to Westwood Primary School and Eliot River Elementary School. “It is important to note that this protocol...
Prince Edward Island is now offering a second booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to Islanders 70 years of age and older and other populations to increase their protection against COVID-19 and its variants. Earlier this week, the National Advisory Committee on Immunization...
The Prince Edward Island Government has entered into a one-year funding agreement to enhance allied health services for residents at private long-term care homes. A total of $800,000, from the Canada-Prince Edward Island Aging with Dignity Funding Agreement announced in March...