Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Heather Morrison has announced three new cases of COVID-19 in the province.
One of the individuals is under the age of 10 years, one is in their 40s and one is in their 60s.
Two of the individuals are close contacts associated with the outbreak at West Royalty Elementary School and have been in isolation. These two individuals previously tested negative and then tested positive on a second or subsequent test.
One of the individuals recently travelled outside Atlantic Canada. Contact tracing is complete.
Prince Edward Island currently has 46 active cases of COVID-19 and has had 281 positive cases since the pandemic began.
All close contacts at the school are in isolation and are being tested regularly. In addition, almost 90 per cent of the remaining West Royalty Elementary School students, who are not in self-isolation, were tested yesterday at the pop-up clinic at the school and all these results were negative. Any student who was not tested on Thursday, September 16 or Friday, September 17 will be contacted to arrange for testing prior to returning to school on Monday, September 20.
There are currently 540 individuals identified as close contacts and self-isolating, including 295 related to the West Royalty Elementary School outbreak (166 are students).
There are public exposure notifications related to recent cases:
- Chez Yvonne’s (Cavendish 9047 Route 6)
- Tuesday, September 14 from 6:00 pm to 6:30 pm
- Wednesday, September 15 from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm
- Wednesday, September 15 from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
- Captain Scott’s Fish and Chips (9139 Cavendish Road)
- Tuesday, September 14 from 6:15 pm to 7:15 pm
- Cavendish Visitor Information Centre (7591 Cawnpore Lane, Cavendish)
- Wednesday, September 15 from 3:00 pm to 3:30 pm
- Petro-Canada (7550 Cavendish Road)
- Wednesday, September 15 from 3:15 pm to 3:45 pm
- Lone Oak Brewing Company (103 Abegweit Blvd, Borden-Carleton)
- Wednesday, September 15 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
- North Rustico Food Market (7229 Main Street, North Rustico)
- Thursday, September 16 from 4:30 pm to 5:00 pm
- Lawton’s Drug Friendly’s, Boardwalk Professional Centre (220 Water Street, Charlottetown)
- Friday, September 17 from 10:30 am to 11:00 am
- Lawton’s Drugs Sherwood Centre (100-161 St. Peters Road, Charlottetown)
- Friday, September 17 from 11:00 am to 11:30 am
- Tim Hortons (147 St. Peters Road, Charlottetown)
- Friday, September 17 between 11:15 am and 12:00 pm
Anyone who visited these locations at these times who is not fully vaccinated should visit a drop-in testing clinic to be tested and monitor for symptoms for 14 days from the exposure. If symptoms develop, individuals should be re-tested.
Anyone who visited these locations at these times who is fully vaccinated should monitor for symptoms for 14 days and if any symptoms develop, visit a drop-in testing clinic.
