Nunavut capital declares local state of emergency as COVID-19 cases rise
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This article was published 03/05/2021 (1668 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
IQALUIT, Nunavut – Iqaluit’s city council has declared a local state of emergency over rising numbers of COVID-19 cases.
The capital city of about 8,000 people has 81 of the territory’s 85 active cases.
Iqaluit reported its first case of COVID-19 on April 14, but the territory’s chief public health officer has said the virus is likely to already have been in the city a week before that.
Dr. Michael Patterson says the variant first identified in the United Kingdom is the only strain of the COVID-19 virus circulating in the territory.
Last week, health officials also confirmed COVID-19 cases in Iqaluit’s jails and medical boarding home.
The emergency order comes into effect at midnight tonight, but Iqaluit is already under a strict lockdown that includes school closures and travel restrictions.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 3, 2021.
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