Nunavut community locks down due to COVID-19 cases, Iqaluit jail faces outbreak

IQALUIT, Nunavut - One Nunavut neighborhood is below a strict lockdown as COVID-19 spreads quickly amongst households.

All places of work and faculties within the Baffin Island neighborhood of Igloolik, the place about 1,600 folks stay, are closed and journey is restricted.

Chief public well being officer Dr. Michael Patterson says there are 17 energetic COVID-19 circumstances listed locally, however notes the numbers are a lot greater due to a lag in testing.

Patterson says many of the calls to the territory’s COVID-19 hotline have been from Igloolik residents and family publicity has risen dramatically.

Justice Minister David Akeeagok says there are additionally 12 confirmed circumstances of COVID-19 at Iqaluit’s jail.

There's a whole of 247 energetic circumstances of COVID-19 in 17 communities all through Nunavut.

This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed Jan. 25, 2022.