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Icelandic government proposes bill for stricter COVID-19 border measures

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 11:42
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The Icelandic Government has proposed a bill with new border measures to help tamp down the domestic spread of COVID-19.

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Officials confirm COVID-19 outbreak in arctic Canadian city of Iqaluit

Sara Frizzell, CBC News
Posted: Friday, April 16, 2021 at 16:09
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12 new cases reported in the city Friday Nunavut’s Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Michael Patterson declared a COVID-19 outbreak

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1st confirmed COVID-19 case in Iqaluit, Canada

Sara Frizzell, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, April 15, 2021 at 12:21
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Nunavut officials hold press conference morning after case confirmed Canadian North has confirmed that one of its employees has tested

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Mysterious coronavirus variant in Arctic Finland is rare US-Mexican strain

Yle News
Posted: Friday, April 9, 2021 at 13:21
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The chain of coronavirus infections in the Kemijärvi region last month has since calmed. A mysterious coronavirus variant detected in

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Inuit gov in Atlantic Canada relaxes travel advisory to region

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, March 31, 2021 at 14:21
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Nunatsiavut, the Inuit self-governing region in the Atlantic Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, has relaxed their travel warning saying

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Phase 2 of vaccination campaign in Arctic Quebec starts March 30

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, March 29, 2021 at 11:34
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Phase 2 of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Nunavik, the Inuit region of Arctic Quebec, will start on March 30

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UK variant cases prompt Iceland to tighten up border measures and domestic restrictions

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at 16:01
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Iceland is putting new COVID-19 rules in place at the border after Iceland’s chief epidemiologist says new COVID-19 domestic waves

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COVID-19 strategy darkens Sweden’s image in the Nordics

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at 10:26
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A negative image of Sweden is growing in the Nordic countries, according to a survey by the Swedish Institute. Around

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Nunavut, Canada gets last doses needed to vaccinate 75% of adults

Beth Brown, CBC News
Posted: Friday, March 19, 2021 at 13:27
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Herd immunity isn’t possible in Nunavut without a vaccine for children, top doc says Nunavut now has enough doses of

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Arctic Canadian community of Arviat reports 4 new cases of COVID-19

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, February 25, 2021 at 13:37
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Four new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Arviat, Nunavut, on Thursday, along with six recoveries, according to a government

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Iceland relaxes some COVID-19 restrictions as downward infection trend holds

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at 15:41
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With domestic COVID-19 infections continuing on the downturn, Iceland started relaxing some public health restrictions on Wednesday. “We are in

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Dogsled race in arctic Norway cancelled over COVID-19 fears

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, February 22, 2021 at 11:05
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Europe’s longest dogsled race was supposed to mark its 40th anniversary, but the coronavirus pandemic forced the event to be

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How Inuit village in Atlantic Canada is handling presumptive COVID-19 case

CBC News
Posted: Friday, February 19, 2021 at 12:54 — Last Updated: Friday, February 19, 2021 at 12:55
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Resident encouraging empathy, kindness while small Labrador community moves forward with testing When Caroline Rideout first heard news that there

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Iceland institutes new COVID-19 border measures

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, February 19, 2021 at 12:31
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Iceland’s new border measures came into effect Friday, which requires all passengers to provide a negative COVID-19 PCR test that

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Negative COVID-19 test no longer required to enter Alaska

The Associated Press
Posted: Tuesday, February 16, 2021 at 11:36 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 13:31
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Alaska has had 54,282 total resident cases of the virus, and 280 Alaskans have died Alaska will no longer require travellers

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