Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Heather Morrison has announced seven new cases of COVID-19 in PEI.
Two individuals are in their 60s, one is in their 50s, two are in their 30s, one is in their 20s, and one is less than 12 years of age. The individual under the age of 12 years of age did not attend school or an early learning child care center. There is no risk of exposure in a school or child care center.
One of the cases is a close contact of a previously announced case. The additional six cases are linked to an individual with a history of travel outside the province.
Contact tracing is underway, and it is anticipated that there may be more cases and public exposure notifications in the coming days.
All close contacts of these cases will be contacted directly by public health and advised of testing and isolation requirements.
There are a number of public exposure notifications, and anyone who visited any of these locations at the specified times who is not fully vaccinated should visit a drop-in testing clinic to be tested.
Those who are fully vaccinated should monitor for symptoms for 14 days.
- Friday, November 12
- O’Leary Building Centre (17 Royal Avenue) between 10:30 am and 11:00 am
- Saturday, November 13
- Christmas at The Club craft fair at the Maple Leaf Curling Club (426 Main Street, O’Leary) between 10:00 am and 12:00 pm
- Co-op O’Leary (6 Royal Avenue) between 10:00 am and 12:00 pm
- Great Canadian Dollar Store (2238 O’Halloran Road, Bloomfield) between 10:00 am and 12:00 pm
- O’Leary Pharmacy – PharmaChoice (536 Main Street) between 10:00 am and 12:00 pm
- Alberton Bakery & Cafe (451 Main Street) between 11:30 am and 12:30 pm
- O’Leary Building Centre (17 Royal Avenue) between 10:00 am and 11:00 am
- O’Leary Home Hardware (486 Main Street) between 10:00 am and 11:00 am
- Sunday, November 14
- Thai Express/Petro Canada (519 Granville Street, Summerside) between 1:00 pm and 1:30 pm
- Alberton Bakery & Café (451 Main Street) between 11:30 am and 12:30 pm
- Monday, November 15
- O’Leary Pharmacy – PharmaChoice (536 Main Street) between 2:00 pm and 3:00 pm
- Mr. Sub (419 St. Peters Road, Charlottetown) between 8:00 am and 8:15 am
- Irving Oil (63 Main Street, Souris) between 4:30 pm and 4:45 pm
- Shell Gas Station (505 Main Street, O’Leary) between 1:00 pm and 1:30 pm
On Thursday, November 18, the following drop-in testing clinics will be open extended hours to accommodate additional testing:
- O’Leary (14 MacKinnon Drive) will be open 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
- Summerside (Slemon Park) will be open 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
The Montague drop-in testing clinic (14 Rosedale Road) will be closed tomorrow to allow resources for testing in O’Leary.
Island residents are urged to avoid travel to circuit breaker regions in New Brunswick:
- Moncton, Riverview and Dieppe in Zone 1 (Moncton region)
- Most of Zone 7 (Miramichi region)
Prince Edward Island currently has nine active cases of COVID-19 and has had 335 positive cases since the pandemic began.
