COVID-19 on P.E.I.: What's happening Saturday, Aug. 1

A 92-year-old great-great grandmother in Rustico has used the pandemic to knit more than 60 sets of mitts and hats to be given to newborns at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

Varsity athletes say they arefeeling uncertain about leaving P.E.I. to head back to U.S. schools.

The Bideford Parsonage Museum is taking its weekly evening literary program featuring the stories of Lucy Maud Montgomery online this summer.

Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Heather Morrison told CBC News: Compasssome details around how the Canadian Premier League will operate on P.E.I., from a public health perspective.

Echoing what Tourism Minister Matthew MacKayhad said Thursday, Morrison said playerswill take chartered flights to the province and won't be interacting with Islanders at all.

New Brunswick is expanding itstravel bubble into twoQuebec border communities starting today. Visitors from those border regions in the north of the province willpre-register for day trips only.

"We have some really solid safeguards in place," said N.B. Premier Blaine Higgs.

The Island has no active cases of COVID-19, with the province reporting that all 36 cases have recovered.

The next scheduled public health briefing is Tuesday, Aug. 4.

Also in the news

• How this '80s band reunited to record new music from 3 different provinces during the COVID-19 pandemic

• A new survey of how Island parents, teachers and students felt about online education at home during the COVID-19 lockdown this springshows a majority of them worry it created gaps in studentlearning.

• The five Islanders who have been waiting for their service dogswill have to wait even longer, since the Lions Foundation of Canada has had to suspend its dog training program due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

• A P.E.I. piper has found a unique way to lift spirits during the COVID-19 lockdown.James MacHattieoffered a daily dose of vitamin B, as in bagpipesvirtually of course.

Further resources

• Here isinformation for livingwith the COVID-19 pandemic on P.E.I. including information on government relief programs, physical distancing measures, and essential health services.
• Here is achart tracking COVID-19 numbers and a timeline of COVID-19-related events on P.E.I.

More COVID-19 stories from CBC P.E.I.