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Inuit region of Arctic Quebec lifts quarantine requirement for fully vaccinated residents travelling to region

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic
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The lifting of the quarantine rule applies to Nunavik beneficiaries, residents and essential workers only. Tourists and visitors are still restricted from travelling to the region. (Eilís Quinn/Eye on the Arctic)

Nunavik, the Inuit region of Arctic Quebec, has lifted the quarantine requirement for fully vaccinated residents as of June 14.

“Given the very much improving situation in the South of Quebec and the vaccine being available in Nunavik, we believe that restrictions on travels, such as quarantine, can be lifted for people fully protected against COVID-19,” the Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services said in a Facebook post on Monday. 

The lifting of the quarantine rule applies to Nunavik beneficiaries, residents and essential workers only. Tourists and visitors are still restricted from travelling to the region.

For Nunavik residents who have not completed a two-dose vaccination course, or who have not been vaccinated at all, quarantine time has been reduced from 14 days to 10 days.

Travel rules for Nunavik, Quebec as of June 14
While quarantine rules have been relaxed, test requirements remain in place. A pre-departure test must be taken 48 to 72 hours before flights to Nunavik, with a second COVID-19 test taken 7 days after arrival. (Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services)
Testing rules still in place

Nunavik has a population of approximately 13,000 people, with 14 communities in the region. All the communities are fly-in only.

Pre-flight testing requirements remain in place whether Nunavik residents are fully vaccinated or not.

A pre-departure test must be taken 48 to 72 hours before the flight, with a second COVID-19 test taken 7 days after arrival.

All of Nunavik’s communities are currently “green” meaning no COVID-19 cases have been associated with the community in the last four weeks. (Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services)
Quebec goes yellow

As of Monday, most of the province of Quebec has been designated either a green zone or a yellow zone, the two lowest COVID-19 alert levels.

Write to Eilís Quinn at eilis.quinn(at)cbc.ca 

Update
This text has been updated with a map showing the current alert level in each of Nunavik’s 14 communities.

Related stories from around the North:

Canada: COVID-19 outbreak declared in capital of Canada’s northwestern Yukon territory, CBC News

Finland: Finland implements mandatory COVID-19 testing at all Lapland border crossings, Yle News

Iceland: Iceland to ease group limits, social distancing rules on June 15, Eye on the Arctic

Norway: Norwegians with holiday homes in Sweden lose court case, Radio Sweden

Russia: COVID-19 infections are increasing in Russia’s Northwest, The Independent Barents Observer

Sweden:  At least 16,000 in Sweden have long COVID, Radio Sweden

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Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic

Eilís Quinn is an award-winning journalist and manages Radio Canada International’s Eye on the Arctic news cooperation project. Eilís has reported from the Arctic regions of all eight circumpolar countries and has produced numerous documentary and multimedia series about climate change and the issues facing Indigenous peoples in the North.

Her investigative report "Death in the Arctic: A community grieves, a father fights for change," about the murder of Robert Adams, a 19-year-old Inuk man from Arctic Quebec, received the silver medal for “Best Investigative Article or Series” at the 2019 Canadian Online Publishing Awards. The project also received an honourable mention for excellence in reporting on trauma at the 2019 Dart Awards in New York City.

Her report “The Arctic Railway: Building a future or destroying a culture?” on the impact a multi-billion euro infrastructure project would have on Indigenous communities in Arctic Europe was a finalist at the 2019 Canadian Association of Journalists award in the online investigative category.

Her multimedia project on the health challenges in the Canadian Arctic, "Bridging the Divide," was a finalist at the 2012 Webby Awards.

Her work on climate change in the Arctic has also been featured on the TV science program Découverte, as well as Le Téléjournal, the French-Language CBC’s flagship news cast.

Eilís has worked for media organizations in Canada and the United States and as a TV host for the Discovery/BBC Worldwide series "Best in China."

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