Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, has announced three new cases of COVID-19 in Prince Edward Island. One individual is in their 20s, one is in their 60s and one is in their 70s. All three of the individuals recently travelled outside of Prince Edward Island. One...
Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, has announced two new cases of COVID-19 in Prince Edward Island. One of the individuals is in their 60s and the other is less than 10 years of age. Both recently travelled outside Atlantic Canada. Contact tracing is complete, and...
Prince Edward Island’s Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, is calling on youth in the Summerside area to be tested for COVID-19, even if they are not experiencing symptoms of the virus. “I am concerned about the number of new cases of COVID-19 with no link to...
In 2014/2015, the Chief Public Health Office reviewed research conducted between 2004-2015 on the topic of pesticides and human health. The following questions and answers summarize the study’s purpose, methods, results and conclusions. 1. What was the purpose of the study? The...
Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, has announced expanded recommendations for booster COVID-19 vaccine doses for Islanders. “Booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines can increase the immune response and offer more protection against infection. As we expand the criteria...
Any community or organization with an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) for public use is encouraged to register the life-saving device with Emergency Health Services. The AED registry allows bystanders and emergency responders to quickly locate the closest defibrillator when someone calls in a sudden cardiac arrest. Using the online database, a 9-1-1 dispatcher can direct the caller or bystander to retrieve the nearest device and instruct its use until paramedics arrive. There is no cost to register an AED in PEI. Quick access to a defibrillator combined with CPR increases the chance of...
Provincial drug coverage is increasing to reduce the copay eligible Islanders spend on many prescription medicines and to expand access to the Catastrophic Drug Program and the High Cost Drug Program. These changes will happen through the federal-provincial Improving Access to...
Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, has announced plans to roll out the Pfizer-BioNTech pediatric vaccine for Prince Edward Island children ages 5 to 11 years. “It is an exciting day in PEI as we will be receiving Pfizer pediatric doses in the province and begin...
Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, has announced three new cases of COVID-19 in the province. Two of the individuals are in their 30s and one is in their 20s. All three are contacts of previously reported cases and two are close household contacts related to the...
PEI to improve catastrophic drug coverage program to make medication more affordable and accessible No Canadian should have to choose between paying for prescription drugs and putting food on the table. Unfortunately, many are faced with this impossible decision every day. As...