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The Baffin Correctional Centre is seen Thursday, April 23, 2015 in Iqaluit, Nunavut. Health officials say inmates at two of the city s correctional facilities have tested positive for COVID-19. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson April 30, 2021 - 12:16 PM
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut health officials say inmates at two of Iqaluit s correctional facilities have tested positive for COVID-19.
Three inmates from the Makigiarvik Correctional Centre and one from the Baffin Correctional Centre have been infected.
Chief public health officer Dr. Michael Patterson said Friday that all four inmates were in isolation at the Baffin prison and were separated from other inmates.
It wasn t yet known how COVID-19 entered the facilities, he said.
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