COVID-19 on P.E.I.: What's happening Thursday, Dec. 3

Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Heather Morrison said Thursday in a written news release one additional COVID-19 case has been confirmed in P.E.I.The man is in his 20s and is a rotational worker who recently travelled to the Island from outside the Atlantic region.

He has beenself-isolatingsince arriving in P.E.I.and tested positive on routine testing. Contact tracing has been completed, the release said.Thecase is not related to anyother recent positive cases.

In a weekly interviewwith CBC News: Compass, Morrison said she ispleased P.E.I. hasn't seen widespread community transmission.

A youth centre in Cornwall that suspended activities when the pandemic hit said it will not reopen, even when public health restrictions allow.

Storytime from the P.E.I. Library Service has returned, buthas gone online.

Islanders who wantto donate reusable face masks can now drop off donations at Access PEI locations across the province, andfree masks will now be available at 14 food banks and pantries around P.E.I.

P.E.I. is adding 55 new front-line positions to schools across the province to support students and staff during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Several P.E.I. appliance stores are dealing with a shortage of products to sell becauseCOVID-19 is affecting the manufacturers of fridges, stoves, washers and dryers.

Nova Scotiareported11 new casesof COVID-19 Thursday;the province now has119 active cases.

New Brunswickreportedsix new cases Thursday, and is dealing with 111 active cases.

P.E.I. currently has five active cases, and there have been 73 positive cases since the onset of the pandemic, with no deaths and no hospitalizations.

Also in the news

• Holiday shoppers are receiving their own gift from the City of Charlottetown this December: free parking downtown.
• The lack of activity at Charlottetown Airport is "surreal," the CEO says.
• P.E.I.'s Chief Public Health Office still doesn't know how a high school student diagnosed with COVID-19 on the weekend caught the disease.
• The collapse of the Atlantic bubble has left some Nova Scotia university students in a tough spot ahead of their end-of-semester exams and holiday break.

Further resources

• Here isinformation for livingwith the COVID-19 pandemic on P.E.I. including information on government relief programs, physical distancing measuresand essential health services.
• Here is a look at how coronavirus isspreading across Canada.

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