Source: Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services The NRBHSS says several people are still under observation in Ivujivik, Inukjuak, Kangirsuk, Salluit and Kangiqsujuaq and numbers will be updated as required.
3 are at Ullivik, the Dorval residence used for Nunavik residents in Montreal for health services. 4 are linked to airports within the region. There are also seven active cases outside of Nunavik: Inukjuak – 2 active cases that are not linked. “There is a risk of catching COVID-19 everywhere in Nunavik.” (Eilís Quinn/Eye on the Arctic)Īs of Wednesday at noon, the most recent community case counts in Nunavik were: “The risk is now the highest it has ever been,” the Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services said on Wednesday. “Passengers will be asked to limit their time in the terminal building for as short a period as possible.”Īdditional restrictions may also be put in place in communities currently under red alert including Kangirsuk. “Passengers will be allowed to circulate in the terminal building only during the period needed before the departure and or after the arrival of their flights,” the Kativik Regional Government (KRG) said in a news release on Wednesday. Two-metre social distancing is required, as is masking wearing at all time. (Eilis Quinn/Eye on the Arctic) New airport rulesĪlso on Wednesday, the Nunavik regional government instigated new airport rules for the region.Įffective immediately, only passengers and airport personnel will be allowed to circulate in terminals. A COVID-19 case was reported here on Wednesday. The community of Kangiqsujuaq in Nunavik, Quebec. The community has been put under orange alert, the second highest COVID-19 alert level in the region. “Contacts for this new case in Kangiqsujuaq have been identified and instructed to get screened and isolate.”īecause the case does’t appear to be the result of community transmission, no additional COVID-19 public health restrictions are being put in place in Kangiqsujuaq at this time. “Investigations have linked this new case to a known COVID-19 case in Nunavik,” the Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services said in a Facebook post on Wednesday. 
The case in Kangiqsujuaq is not related to travel to the South, but is related to travel within the region.
Quebec total lockdown update#
The regional health board says it will give an update on how the red alert will affect flights in and out of the community later on today. Kuujjuaq has been put on red alert meaning the community is now on lockdown until further notice, shutting down all non-essential services, and prohibiting visits between people living in different households. The case in Kuujjuaq is not in someone who had travelled South, suggesting possible community transmission. (Eilis Quinn/Eye on the Arctic)Īn active COVID-19 case was reported in the Nunavik community of Kuujjuaq on Thursday, following a new case in Kangiqsujuaq on Wednesday, the same day the regional government put several airport restrictions in place amidst rising COVID-19 cases. A case of COVID-19 was reported here on Thursday and the community has been put on lockdown. The village of Kuujjuaq, in Nunavik, the Inuit region of Arctic Quebec.
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