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Seven new cases of COVID-19 in PEI; new public exposure notifications
Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, has announced seven new cases of COVID-19 in Prince Edward Island. Two individuals are in their 60s, one is in their 50s, two are in their 30s, one is in their 20s, and one is less than 12 years of age. The individual under the...
Ten new cases of COVID-19; new public exposure notifications
Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, has announced ten new cases of COVID-19 in Prince Edward Island. “Islanders are reminded that COVID-19 continues to circulate in our province. Similar to other jurisdictions we are seeing transmission of the virus occurring very...
Omicron variant identified in PEI; new temporary public health measures; three new cases of COVID-19
Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, has confirmed one case of the Omicron variant in PEI. The National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg has identified the case linked to the Omicron variant as one associated with the outbreak at St. Francis Xavier University in...
Four new COVID-19 cases; potential exposures to positive cases at Westwood Primary School and Eliot River Elementary School prompts one-day closure of both schools
Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, has announced four new cases of COVID-19 in Prince Edward Island. As two of the new cases are linked to Westwood Primary School and Eliot River Elementary School, those schools will be closed on Monday, November 8. The four cases...
Two new cases of COVID-19; potential exposure to positive case at Three Oaks Senior High School prompts one-day closure
Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, has announced two new cases of COVID-19 in Prince Edward Island. As one of the cases is linked to Three Oaks Senior High School, the school will be closed on Monday, November 22. One of the individuals is in their 80s, and the...
Additional public health measures effective December 24; 35 new cases of COVID-19
Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, has announced new public health measures that will come into effect on December 24. “With record numbers of cases of COVID-19 in the last number of days and a record number of active cases in PEI, additional measures will be...
Vaccine rollout update for PEI
Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, has outlined next steps in Prince Edward Island’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout. “Thank you to all Islanders who have already been vaccinated and to the many others who have booked appointments. The response from Islanders who are...
Four-day isolation required for fully vaccinated travelers to PEI; changes to contact tracing; Santa cleared for travel to PEI; 29 new cases of COVID-19
Premier Dennis King has announced that a four-day isolation will now be required for fully vaccinated travelers with a PEI pass arriving in Prince Edward Island. Due to rising case counts, the rapid spread COVID-19 (notably the Omicron variant) in the province, and the need to...