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COVID-19 on P.E.I.: What's happening Thursday, June 18

What school could look like for P.E.I. students in the fall, and a P.E.I. pastor finds herself the victim of plate shaming.

Pandemic spending projected to create P.E.I.'s largest-ever deficit

P.E.I. Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Heather Morrison says there are many legitimate reasons for a vehicle with out-of-province plates to be on P.E.I. (Rick Gibbs/CBC)

A CBC special report investigates what school will look like in the fall for P.E.I. students.

In an interview onCBC News: Compass, Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Heather Morrison said more details are being worked out for Phase 4 of P.E.I.'s ease-back plan, scheduled to start next Friday, June 26.

Morrison met virtually with about 100 religious leaders from across P.E.I. Thursday to answer questions and discuss the gathering limit of 50 people.

"We will continue to look at that goingforward," Morrison said.

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Phase 4 of P.E.I.'s ease-back plan is just a week away.

She noted Operation Isolation, where contract employees call those who have arrived on P.E.I. and are self-isolating for 14 days, is "going well," even withthe added seasonal residents arriving this week.

She also noted the province has already approved 70 requests for people to come to P.E.I. to provide family support a new program that was announced Tuesday.

A P.E.I. pastor was disappointed to find a nasty note on her windshield telling her to go back to the mainland. Her car has Nova Scotia plates.

Confederation Centre art gallery has reopened. Here's how your visit will be different.

Temporary foreign workers from Mexico are continuing to arrive on P.E.I., despite that country's concerns about deaths from COVID-19 in Ontario.

The provincial budget has been released and the P.E.I. government is projecting the biggest budget deficit in its historyas spending increasedduring pandemic.

A mat with colourful numbers in a daycare
There are plans in the provincial budget for new early years centres. (Marina von Stackelberg/CBC)

The projecteddeficit by the Conservative governmentcomes in at $173 million, leaving mixed feelings among Greens and Liberals.

Opposition Leader Peter Bevan-Baker is questioning how quickly the province is allowing seasonal residents from Ontario to come to P.E.I.

Manufacturing sales numbers for April were released by Statistics Canada this week, and they show P.E.I. is performing well relative to the rest of the country in the COVID-19 pandemic.

The P.E.I. Chief Public Health Office has announced it is moving to once-a-week briefings on the COVID-19 pandemic. Those will be Tuesdays at 11:30 a.m.

P.E.I. has had 27 confirmed cases, the most recent on April 28. All of have recovered. About 9,100 COVID-19 tests from P.E.I. have been done.

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With files from Louise Martin