14 new cases of COVID-19 in N.L., as a Labrador mayor calls for point-of-entry testing
There are 407 active cases in the province Monday, while Happy Valley-Goose Bay town council says it wants rapid testing at airports and the Quebec border.
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N.L. s active caseload of COVID-19 begins to fall
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0:58After a sharp spike in coronavirus cases jolted Newfoundland and Labrador, Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Janice Fitzgerald says the province is beginning to see more recoveries than new cases.0:58
Coronavirus: What s happening in Canada and around the world on Feb. 21
Canada s chief public health officer says the collective efforts to fight COVID-19 are paying off, even as the country sits at a “critical juncture” in the fight against fast-spreading variants.
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Posted: Feb 21, 2021 9:00 AM ET | Last Updated: February 22
A sign for a COVID-19 vaccination clinic is shown in Montreal on Sunday.(Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press)
The isolation and quarantine period for many people in that community is coming to an end this weekend and early next week, since cases related to the outbreak were identified beginning Feb. 7. Two days later, high schools in the metro region were closed for contact tracing and to identify additional COVID-19 cases.
In a later statement to CBC News, Eastern Health said additional testing will help identify people who had tests done before the incubation period was complete, and to ensure that potentially infectious students or staff do not contribute to community spread greater than what we have already seen. Students and staff were asked to quarantine from Feb. 7 until Feb. 21, the statement reads.
With waiting times on the rise, Premier Andrew Furey stressed patience as part of Monday's COVID-19 briefing, while health officials work to lower the wait.