Rising COVID-19 cases in Canadian province of Manitoba could affect medical travellers from Arctic territory
People with questions about their medical travel are advised to contact their health centre
A rise in COVID-19 cases in Manitoba may affect medical travellers from the Kivalliq region, says the Nunavut Department of Health.
The increase in cases has caused the province to reduce services, which might affect some medical travel to Winnipeg, the department said in a news release on Saturday.
Manitoba has identified 480 new cases of coronavirus between October 25 and October 31.
The Nunavut Health Department says clinical staff will be reviewing all scheduled medical travel out of the Kivalliq region, and patients will be notified about their travel by their health centre.
People with questions about scheduled medical travel are advised to contact their health centre, and not Kivalliq Inuit Services.
Related stories from around the North:
Canada: COVID-19 travel clinic opens in Montreal for travellers to Inuit region of Arctic Quebec, Eye on the Arctic
Finland: Finland reinstates border restrictions with Sweden and Estonia due to COVID-19, Yle News
Greenland: Greenland’s new executive order on COVID-19 comes into effect September 30, Eye on the Arctic
Iceland: Iceland tightens up COVID-19 rules and increases social distancing rule to two metres across the country, Eye on the Arctic
Sweden: Sweden seeks new powers to limit movement during pandemic, Radio Sweden
United States: After early containment success, there’s now rapid COVID-19 spread in rural Alaska, including the Arctic, Alaska Public Media
