Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, has announced two additional positive COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of active cases in the province to five. The two additional cases are both men in their 20s and residents of PEI. They are both close contacts of one...
Premier Dennis King and Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Heather Morrison say a phased-in approach to easing back on public health measures in Prince Edward Island could begin as early as May 1. The approach, called “Re-opening PEI, together”, will focus on public health and...
Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, has announced two new positive cases of COVID-19 in Prince Edward Island. The first case is a male student at Charlottetown Rural High School. He travelled two and from school on the bus only two days last week – Wednesday...
Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, has announced that Prince Edward Island has received approximately 1,950 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine today. “This is a very exciting week for PEI as we receive the first shipment of COVID-19 vaccine and prepare to...
Island youth will soon have access to a new diversion and educational justice program to help them better understand the health, legal and social risks of cannabis use and possession. The program called Rethink was developed collaboratively by the Departments of Health and...
Effective November 20, 2020, non-medical masks or face coverings will be mandatory in all indoor public spaces in Prince Edward Island. Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, says the change is, in large part, due to the surging COVID-19 cases across the country....
Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, has confirmed that there are no new positive cases of COVID-19 in Prince Edward Island and all test results received in the last 24 hours have come back negative. Yesterday, 1,300 COVID-19 tests were processed province-wide and...
Chief Public Health, Dr. Heather Morrison, has confirmed three more confirmed positive COVID-19 cases, bringing Prince Edward Island’s total to 21. The three new cases are all related to international travel. One is a male in his 20s, and the other two are females, one in her 30s...
Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, is asking Islanders to remain diligent in their efforts to reduce the spread of COVID-19 this weekend. Prince Edward Island still has 22 confirmed positive cases of COVID-19, and four individuals are considered recovered. All...
Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, has confirmed the second round of test results for close contacts of a positive case of COVID-19 at Charlottetown Rural High School have come back negative to date – this includes results for all close contacts at the school. The...