COVID-19 on P.E.I.: What's happening Sunday April 25

With the pandemic taken into consideration, Maclean'shas named Charlottetown as one of the top places to live in Canada.

Pregnant people on P.E.I. are now eligible to book vaccine appointments.

The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League is the only major junior league in the countrystill trying to complete its season. TheCharlottetown Islandersplay in that league.

Prince Edward Islandimposednew travel restrictionslate Friday because ofrising COVID-19 case numbers in the Atlantic region.

Peopletravelling within the Atlantic region on a same-day exemption from having to isolate for 14 days are the most affected.

The stressof the pandemic may becomplicating matters for some couples, but experts say there are ways to have productive conversations.

The province announced it would slightly extend hours at its Borden-CarletonCOVID-19 testing site, after some P.E.I. truckers complainedabout lack of access to testing, saying clinic hours do not recognize the reality of the hours they are working.

P.E.I. is less thana week away from the start of another lobster season duringthe COVID-19 pandemic, and feeling much more comfortable about facing the challenges.

P.E.I. reported no new cases of COVID-19 Saturday. There are11active casesand175 cases since the pandemic began 13 months ago.There have been two hospitalizations and no deaths.

Elsewhere in the Atlantic region over the weekend:

• Nova Scotia reported 63new cases Sunday, which is a single-day record for the province. There are 263active cases as Halifax and surrounding area battle an outbreak.
• New Brunswickreported fournew cases on Sunday.There are 130active cases, including three cases in intensive care.
• Newfoundland and Labrador confirmed twonew cases Sundayand has 25active cases.

Also in the news

• The Health Minister confirmed that two doctors chose toleavethe Prince County Hospital which already has staffing shortages in the same week.
• Public Safety Minister Bloyce Thompson is defending the job his department is doing at deciding who does and does not get to travel to P.E.I.
• After a "wonderful turnout" administering the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine last week, pharmacists on P.E.I. are reporting a significant drop in appointments.
• Nearly three-quarters of Health PEI's 6,000 staff members have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, P.E.I.'s premier said in the legislature Wednesday.
• The North Shore community of North Rusticois cancelling most of its major Canada Day events this year to comply with public health restrictions.
• This year's UPEInursing graduates have a lot of options to choose from as they enter the workforce. Nurses in Atlantic Canada are being asked to help as the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic hits Ontario hard and some on P.E.I. are starting to step forward.

TheseIslanders are currently eligible for a vaccine

• People over 50.
• Islanders over 16 with underlying medical conditions, and all eligible members of their household.
• Pregnant Islanders.
• Front-line workers over 16who interact with the public and cannot work virtually.
• People providing health-care services to the public includingoptometrists, pharmacists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and their support staff.
• Health-care workers not on the front line needed to maintain health-care system capacity
• Firefighters, police officers, power-line workers.
• Residents and staff of long-term care homes.
• Adults living in Indigenous communities.
• Residents and staff of shared living facilities.
• Truck drivers and other rotational workers.

You can find more information about how to get a vaccine here.

Further resources

• Here isa chart of COVID-19 cases on P.E.I. since March 2020, and a timelineof pandemic events.
• Here is a look at how coronavirus isspreading across Canada.

Reminder about symptoms

The symptoms of COVID-19 can include:

• Fever.
• Cough or worsening of a previous cough.
• Possible loss of taste and/or smell.
• Sore throat.
• New or worsening fatigue.
• Headache.
• Shortness of breath.
• Runny nose.

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