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Nunavut officials concerned about presence of variant, Iqaluit bar night that spread virus.
People line up Monday at a mass COVID-19 immunization clinic at the Thorncliffe Park Community Hub health centre in the East York neighbourhood of Toronto. (Alan Habbick/CBC)
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Health officials in Nunavut are worried about the potential spread of Covid-19 in an Iqaluit bar. They’re calling for any staff or customers who were at the Chartroom Lounge on April 14 to immediately self-isolate and call the Covid hotline at 1-888-975-8601 to arrange for testing.
B117 variant arrives in Iqaluit, 9 new cases as Nunavut outbreak spreads
At a press conference Monday, Nunavut’s Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Michael Patterson confirmed that out of 21 swabs sent for variant testing, all 21 were identified as the B117 variant.
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Nunavut s Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Michael Patterson gave an update Friday on COVID-19 in the territory.(Jackie McKay/CBC News)
Nunavut announced nine new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, of which two are in Kinngait and seven are in Iqaluit, bringing the respective case numbers to four in Kinngait and 33 in Iqaluit.
There were also eight recoveries, which means the total case count for the territory is 37.
People are considered recovered from COVID-19 once they ve met two criteria: one is that at least 10 days have passed since they developed symptoms or received a positive test, the other is that they have been symptom-free for a minimum of 24 hours.