The issue was discussed on a phone call with officials, says Lisa Dempster, who noted that it's up to the chief medical officer to implement it. However, it doesn't appear to be coming any time soon, with Dempster repeating Fiztgerald's reasons why it isn't currently in place.
N.L. reports 15 new COVID-19 cases and record 50 new recoveries
Tuesday marks two weeks since circuit-breaker restrictions were introduced for St. John s metro. Three days later, on Feb. 12, the entire province moved to Alert Level 5.
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Rapid testing sites popped up across the province after Alert Level 5 was announced by Dr. Janice Fitzgerald. These nurses were part of the testing effort in Corner Brook.(Western Health/Twitter)
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Fiona and John Gray volunteered to come from England to Newfoundland to work on the Northern Peninsula.(Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation)
Dr. John M. Gray, the last of a core team of physicians who helped to establish rural medicine in the province, died last week in Halifax at the age of 94.
Gray was a prominent physician in Newfoundland and Labrador, known for his work with the Grenfell Mission as one of the first groups to provide much needed medical services to northern areas of the province.
Former lieutenant-governor Edward Roberts, an MHA on the Northern Peninsula for The Straits-White Bay North, as the district was then known, said Gray s role in establishing the hospital in St. Anthony left a definite legacy in the region.
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
Dr. John M. Gray, the last of a core team of physicians who helped to establish rural medicine in the province, died last week in Halifax at the age of 94.