By Canadian Press

COVID-19 confirmed at Iqaluit’s jails, boarding home as cases rise

Apr 30, 2021 | 10:56 AM

IQALUIT, Nunavut — Nunavut health officials say inmates at two of Iqaluit’s correctional facilities have tested positive for COVID-19. 

Chief public health officer Dr. Michael Patterson says four inmates are in isolation at the Baffin Correctional Centre.

A staff member at Iqaluit’s medical boarding home has also tested positive, which has resulted in cancellation of all flights for patients returning home until they are tested. 

Patterson says everyone working and residing at the boarding home and the jails is being tested for COVID-19.

One person from Iqaluit has also been medevaced to a hospital in southern Canada after developing complications from COVID-19.

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There are 61 active cases of COVID-19 in Iqaluit, four in Kinngait and two in Rankin Inlet.

Patterson says all are believed to be the variant first identified in the United Kingdom.

He says there is now evidence of community transmission in Iqaluit.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 30, 2021. 

The Canadian Press