Q+A | N.W.T’s chief public health officer on new vaccines, rise in COVID-19 cases
COVID-19 numbers are on the rise in the N.W.T., with 54 known cases counted between June and August this year,
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Kami Kandola
N.W.T. wildfires evacuations may hinder 2023 overdose death count
There is no mechanism for officially documenting deaths that occurred outside the NWT The Northwest Territories’ chief public health officer
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N.W.T.’s chief public health officer issues chicken pox warning for Tuktoyaktuk
The N.W.T.’s chief public health officer, Dr. Kami Kandola, is advising people in Tuktoyaktuk about an ongoing outbreak of chicken
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Health officials in Canada’s Northwest Territories extends Behchokǫ COVID-19 containment order until Oct. 29
Situation not resolving as quickly as expected, says N.W.T. chief public health officer The containment order to limit the spread
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‘Waning immunity’ a factor in COVID-19 outbreak in Canada’s Northwest Territories, says top doc
Dr. Kami Kandola warns other jurisdictions to prepare for the same One of the first jurisdictions in Canada to administer COVID-19
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Community transmission of COVID-19 reaches Yellowknife, the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories
Containment orders in Colville Lake and Fort Good Hope extended until Sept. 4 “The beginning of community transmission is occurring
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Climate change could fuel increase in mosquito-borne viruses in Canada’s Northwest Territories, say officials
California serogroup viruses found in Canada’s Northwest Territories (N.W.T.) mosquitoes in 2020 As the climate changes, the risk of contracting
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Yellowknife, Canada has 20 active cases of COVID-19, no community transmission so far
7 probable cases, more than 1,000 close contacts related to outbreak at school There are now 20 active and seven
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