COVID-19 on P.E.I.: What's happening Thursday, June 18

A CBC special report investigates what school will look like in the fall for P.E.I. students.

In an interview onCBC News: Compass, Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Heather Morrison said more details are being worked out for Phase 4 of P.E.I.'s ease-back plan, scheduled to start next Friday, June 26.

Morrison met virtually with about 100 religious leaders from across P.E.I. Thursday to answer questions and discuss the gathering limit of 50 people.

"We will continue to look at that goingforward," Morrison said.

The latest COVID-19 guidance from P.E.I.'s Dr Heather Morrison

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Phase 4 of P.E.I.'s ease-back plan is just a week away.

She noted Operation Isolation, where contract employees call those who have arrived on P.E.I. and are self-isolating for 14 days, is "going well," even withthe added seasonal residents arriving this week.

She also noted the province has already approved 70 requests for people to come to P.E.I. to provide family support a new program that was announced Tuesday.

A P.E.I. pastor was disappointed to find a nasty note on her windshield telling her to go back to the mainland. Her car has Nova Scotia plates.

Confederation Centre art gallery has reopened. Here's how your visit will be different.

Temporary foreign workers from Mexico are continuing to arrive on P.E.I., despite that country's concerns about deaths from COVID-19 in Ontario.

The provincial budget has been released and the P.E.I. government is projecting the biggest budget deficit in its historyas spending increasedduring pandemic.

The projecteddeficit by the Conservative governmentcomes in at $173 million, leaving mixed feelings among Greens and Liberals.

Opposition Leader Peter Bevan-Baker is questioning how quickly the province is allowing seasonal residents from Ontario to come to P.E.I.

Manufacturing sales numbers for April were released by Statistics Canada this week, and they show P.E.I. is performing well relative to the rest of the country in the COVID-19 pandemic.

The P.E.I. Chief Public Health Office has announced it is moving to once-a-week briefings on the COVID-19 pandemic. Those will be Tuesdays at 11:30 a.m.

P.E.I. has had 27 confirmed cases, the most recent on April 28. All of have recovered. About 9,100 COVID-19 tests from P.E.I. have been done.

Also in the news

• Tourism P.E.I. has launched a $250,000 advertising campaign focusing on staycations for Islanders this summer.
• While many festivals and events have been cancelled or postponed, organizers of Pride Week say the festival, and parade, will go on in some form.
• P.E.I. will start taking applications for family membersof Islanders to visit the province to provide necessary support, Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Heather Morrison announced Tuesday.
• Seasonal residents have begun arriving on P.E.I.
• Confederation Centre library is open again, but with some changes.
• COVID-19 has hada "devastating impact" on the Charlottetown airport,CEO Doug Newson toldCBC News: Compass host Louise Martin.

Further resources

• Here isinformation for livingwith the COVID-19 pandemic on P.E.I. including information on government relief programs, physical distancing measures, andessential health services.
• Here is acharttracking COVID-19 numbers and a timeline of COVID-19-related events on P.E.I.

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