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...
Premier Dennis King and Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Heather Morrison have unveiled a new Moving Forward plan, a balanced and measured approach to relaxing COVID-19 public health measures. “Over the past 15 months, our lives have been changed by the global pandemic. We have...
Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, announced that Prince Edward Island’s legal order requiring seven days of isolation of positive cases of COVID-19 (10 days of isolation for immune compromised cases) and masks in high risk settings, including long-term care...
As previously advised, as of 11:59 PM on November 30, 2022, the mandatory isolation requirement for COVID-19 in Prince Edward Island will be replaced with strong recommendations to protect yourself, and particularly those who may be at high risk of severe outcomes, from any...
Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, announced that Prince Edward Island will be ending the mandate for students and staff to wear masks in early learning and child care centers, K-12 public and private schools and on school buses on May 24, 2022. “The number of...
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...
Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, has announced that there are now 10 individuals in hospital due to COVID-19, including one person in the Intensive Care Unit. There are six other people in hospital who were admitted for other reasons and were COVID positive on...
Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, has declared an outbreak of COVID-19 at West Royalty Elementary School in Charlottetown. Dr. Morrison announced six new positive cases of COVID-19 in Prince Edward Island. All six individuals are under 19 years of age (with four...
Premier Dennis King and Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, have announced changes to the Moving Forward reopening plan for PEI. “The decision to advance our Moving Forward reopening plan is a testament to the controls and measures we have put in place, the high...
Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Heather Morrison, has announced three new cases of COVID-19 in Prince Edward Island. Two individuals are in their 50s with a history of travel outside PEI. Contact tracing is complete, the individuals are self-isolating. One individual is in their...