The Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, has released details for the Back to School Guidance for the 2022-2023 school year in preparation for back to school. Routine public health measures for managing COVID-19 and other respiratory illness are recommended to...
A suite of substance use treatment medications will be available, at no cost, to Islanders under the Canada-PEI Improving Affordable Access to Prescriptions Drugs initiative, which was announced in August 2021. Beginning June 1, Island residents receiving treatment for alcohol or...
Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, has announced that there are eight individuals in hospital who have COVID-19. There are four people in hospital due to COVID-19 and four people in hospital who were admitted for other reasons and were COVID positive on admission...
The province is ending the precautionary boil water advisory for Georgetown. Media contact: Morgan Martin Department of Health and Wellness mxmartin@gov.pe.ca
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...
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...
Prince Edward Island is expanding eligibility for the COVID-19 vaccine to include all children 6 months of age and older to increase their protection against COVID-19 and its variants. The National Advisory Committee on Immunization recommended Moderna Spikevax COVID-19 vaccine...
Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, announced that Prince Edward Island will no longer require masks to be worn on public transit for Islanders as of June 3, 2022. “It is very encouraging to see the daily number of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and institutional...
Prince Edward Island is expanding eligibility for second booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to include all Islanders 60 years of age and older living in the community to increase their protection against COVID-19 and its variants. The National Advisory Committee on...
Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, has announced one additional death related to COVID-19 in Prince Edward Island. The individual is over the age of 80 years. “It’s difficult for us to hear of another Islander that has passed away related to COVID-19,” said Dr...