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COVID-19 GN Update – June 17, 2021
17 June 2021 Good morning. Nunavut is reporting no new or recovered cases of COVID-19 today. There are still eight active cases in Iqaluit. There have been 254 recoveries since this outbreak began. As of Tuesday, 18,091 people in Nunavut have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and 15,867 are now fully vaccinated. […]
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Statement from Premier Sandy Silver on the court decision in R v. Baker and Baker
Premier Silver has issued the following statement: “Today Mr. and Mrs. Baker pleaded guilty to failing to self-isolate as required and failing to abide by their declarations made upon entry into the Yukon. They were both fined the maximum amount allowable under the Civil Emergency Measures Act. “The territory’s self-isolation requirements are in place to […]
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NTI hopes to boost Inuit vaccination rates at clinic, president says – Nunatsiaq News
Indigenous northerners in territorial capitals less likely to report getting vaccinated than non-Indigenous northerners, StatCan survey suggests Good information in Inuktut could help overcome COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among Inuit, says Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. president Aluki Kotierk, as its clinic in Iqaluit prepares to open Wednesday. “There are people that have vaccination hesitancy and I recognize […]
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Iqaluit COVID-19 Walk-in Vaccination Clinic
Iqalummiut ages 12 and older will be able to receive their COVID-19 vaccine during a Walk-in Clinic, June 16 – 19 from 1:00 to 10:00 pm daily, at the Curling Rink. The City of Iqaluit is providing door prizes worth $500 for Distancing Outdoors, Stay-at-Home Baking and Home Cleaning and Sanitizing. Inuit will receive a […]
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YT Government: Twelve cases overnight; vaccination the key to prevention of further spread
Yukon’s Acting Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Catherine Elliott is issuing a strong recommendation that anyone not yet vaccinated make an appointment for their shot at the mass clinic in Whitehorse or at their health centre in rural Yukon. Her recommendation comes after 12 new cases of the COVID-19 Gamma variant (P.1) were diagnosed […]
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First walk-in vaccination clinic opens in Nunavut – CBC
Jun 16, 2021 This is the first time the Pfizer vaccine is available to youth in Iqaluit Nunavut’s first walk-in clinic opens in Iqaluit Wednesday. Spearheaded by Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (NTI), the clinic will be held at the curling rink and will offer both the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines to adults and teens 12 years […]
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GNT: Legacy Arsenic Health and Human Risk Assessment Results to be Presented
The results of the Legacy Arsenic Health and Human Risk Assessment will be presented via webinar on June 17, 2021. This is the final stage of the Human Health Risk Assessment for arsenic in Yellowknife, Ndilo and Dettah. A virtual public information session will share the results and what they mean for people wanting to […]
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Looking back at Qaujigiartiit’s 15 years and beyond – Nunavut News
June 15, 2021 Founded by Nunavummiut for Nunavummiut, the Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre has been active for 15 years, after it’s start in 2006. Helping enable community-based health research, Qaujigiartiit has been active all over Nunavut and continues to support communities with their questions and concerns. It grew out of a climate of research that […]
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COVID-19 GN Update – June 14, 2021
Good morning. Premier Savikataaq is in a meeting this morning with his territorial Premier colleagues, so I’ll be filling in for this update. We’re announcing no new cases today. There remain nine total active cases in the territory. So far, 18,009 people in Nunavut have received their first dose of the Moderna vaccine, and 15,808 […]
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CPHO responds to cases at Aqsarniit School
Iqaluit, Nunavut – Dr. Michael Patterson, Nunavut’s Chief Public Health Officer today released the following statement: “Over the weekend, we determined that two individuals who tested positive for COVID-19 were from Aqsarniit Illiniarvik in Iqaluit. These individuals were in Cohort B, and were in the school on Monday, June 7 and Wednesday, June 9. They […]
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