COVID-19 on P.E.I.: What's happening Monday, June 14

P.E.I.'s tourism industry is hoping newvaccination incentives will speed up P.E.I.'s reopening plan.

Northumberland Ferries, which connects Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, is now taking bookings for non-commercial traffic in anticipation of the Island opening up to the rest of Atlantic Canada.

A Dartmouth woman is disappointed her Charlottetown mother was refused a compassionate grounds exception for travel to help her following the birth of her first child.

Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Heather Morrison is scheduled to return with regular pandemic briefing Tuesday. There was no briefing last week following a move to biweekly sessions.

The P.E.I. government announced Friday the Island will receive anadditional 29,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine before the end of June. That could mean pandemic restrictions loosening earlier than planned, the premier and Dr. Heather Morrison say.

There have been 206cases of COVID-19 on P.E.I. and four are considered active. There have been no deaths and two hospitalizations.Prince Edward Island has reported no new cases since June 3.

Elsewhere in Atlantic Canada:

• Nova Scotia reportedeight new cases of COVID-19 on Monday.There are 124 active cases of COVID-19 in the province.Nova Scotia will officially beginPhase 2of its reopening planWednesday, which includes larger social gatherings anda return to indoor dining.
• New Brunswick reported one new case of COVID-19 on Monday and has again fallen short of the vaccination target needed to move to the first phase of loosening restrictions. It has 90 active cases.
• Newfoundland and Labradorreported fournew cases. It has 39 active cases.

Also in the news

• The Upper Room Hospitality Ministry in Charlottetown has taken over a new space to enable it to help more people at once, given pandemic restrictions.
• Just as the 9/11 attacks did 20 years ago, the COVID-19 pandemic will transform the way people travel internationally with hundreds of millions of dollars in new government spendingplanned formodernizingborder securityand updating public health measures at airports.
• Tourism operators are expressing concerns that P.E.I. is opening to tourists more slowly than the rest of the region. Premier Dennis Kingis worried about the province's ability to handle an outbreak.

TheseIslanders are currently eligible for a vaccine

• People over 12.
• Islanders over 18can book an appointment for Moderna vaccine at a pharmacy.

You can find more information about how to get a vaccinehere.

Further resources

• Here isa chart of COVID-19 cases on P.E.I. since March 2020, and a timelineof pandemic events.
• Here is a look at how coronavirus isspreading across Canada.

Reminder about symptoms

The symptoms of COVID-19 can include:

• Fever.
• Cough or worsening of a previous cough.
• Possible loss of taste and/or smell.
• Sore throat.
• New or worsening fatigue.
• Headache.
• Shortness of breath.
• Runny nose.

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