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21 May 2020
COVID-19 Department of Health Services update
Rankin Inlet now has the ability to provide testing if a positive case is confirmed in-territory. I’d like to commend the medical and laboratory...
20 May 2020
Quality of Life still accepting funding proposals for suicide prevention initiatives
The Department of Health’s Quality of Life Secretariat is still accepting funding proposals for suicide prevention initiatives for the 2020-2021...
18 May 2020
Nunavut resident on medical travel tests positive for COVID-19
Dr. Michael Patterson, Nunavut’s Chief Public Health Officer, has confirmed a Nunavut resident on medical travel out-of-territory has tested positive...
02 April 2020
Minister of Health extends Public Health Emergency
Nunavut’s Minister of Health George Hickes has extended the territory’s public health emergency until April 16, 2020.
24 March 2020
Rabies in Rankin Inlet
The Department of Health would like to notify residents of Rankin Inlet that a fox has tested positive for rabies.
24 March 2020
Fox Bite in Gjoa Haven
The Department of Health would like to notify residents of Gjoa Haven that a resident was bitten by a fox.
24 March 2020
World Tuberculosis Day
March 24 is World TB Day.
18 March 2020
Minister of Health declares Public Health Emergency
“If we don’t take this measure now before we see cases in Nunavut, it may be too late as time goes on.”
23 March 2020
Chief Public Health Officer orders prohibition of travel into Nunavut with limited exceptions
Dr. Michael Patterson, Nunavut’s Chief Public Health Officer (CPHO), today issued an order to prohibit most travel into Nunavut.
16 March 2020
Temporary Nunavut-wide school and daycare closures as precaution to COVID-19
Dr. Michael Patterson, Nunavut’s Chief Public Health Officer, today recommended the temporary closure of all schools and daycares in Nunavut to limit...
13 March 2020
Government of Nunavut response to COVID-19
Dr. Michael Patterson, Nunavut’s Chief Public Health Officer, today outlined additional preventive measures and the Government of Nunavut’s (GN)...
11 March 2020
Concerns following COVID-19 case at PDAC 2020 convention in Toronto
The Department of Health would like to address concerns that have been circulating following the discovery a person with COVID-19 attended the...
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