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COVID-19 on P.E.I.: What's happening Tuesday, Aug. 11

The Gold Cup and Saucer will be different this year and a legislative committee wanttop education officials to answer some questions about the province's back-to-school plan.

Health PEI is hiring for a range of positions

Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Heather Morrison at the pandemic briefing Tuesday. (CBC)

Health PEI ishiring additional staff for multiple health-care service rolesin preparation of a second wave of COVID-19.

Harness racing fans on P.E.I. are being warned not to make plans to attend the annual Gold Cup andSaucer racethis year in person, unless they have a reservation.

MLAs on P.E.I.'s standing committee on education and economic growth wanttop education officials to answer some questions about the province's back-to-school plan.

The Atlantic bubble has given tourism operators on P.E.I. a much-needed boost, Tourism Minister Matthew MacKaysaid in an interview with CBCNews: Compass host Louise Martin.

Post-secondary students from outside the Atlantic bubble have begun arriving on P.E.I., and Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Heather Morrison has outlined some of the details for ensuring their safe arrival.

Health PEI chief of nursing Marion Dowling says P.E.I. is catching up on elective surgeries postponed in the early weeks of the pandemic.

Morrison and Dowling were speakingat the regularweekly provincial pandemic briefing.

P.E.I. rugby player Ellen Murphy says she is excited to get back to training with other players as part of the Charlottetown Rugby Football Club. (Tony Davis/CBC)

Initial COVID-19 tests on Canadian Premier Leaguesoccer participants in Charlottetown have all come back negative.

About 300 professional soccer players, coaches and staff are preparing for a season in a way they've never done before, but so far, they say it's better than they imagined.

Rugby is returning to P.E.I. fields, but there are some rule changes.

There may bethe odd mistake and some tough transitionsas students and staff adjust to the back-to-school plan, but lifeat P.E.I. schools should be fine intimeas rules become routine, according to some student council presidents.

The Island has no active cases of COVID-19. The province has reported a total of 36 cases, with no deaths or hospitalizations.

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